Armstrong Whitworth

Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd
Company typePrivate
IndustryEngineering, Shipbuilding
Aircraft
Predecessors
  • W. G. Armstrong & Company
  • Elswick Ordnance Company
  • Sir W. G. Armstrong & Company
  • Sir William Armstrong, Mitchell and Co.
Founded1847 (W.G. Armstrong Co.)
FounderWilliam George Armstrong
Defunct1927
FateDemergers
Take over
SuccessorVickers-Armstrongs
HeadquartersNewcastle upon Tyne, England
ProductsAircraft
Armaments
Locomotives
Ships
SubsidiariesVickers Armstrong
Armstrong Siddeley
(Demerged)

Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. With headquarters in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth built armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles and aircraft.

The company was founded by William Armstrong in 1847, becoming Armstrong Mitchell and then Armstrong Whitworth through mergers. In 1927, it merged with Vickers Limited to form Vickers-Armstrongs, with its automobile and aircraft interests purchased by J D Siddeley.