43-537: (Redirected from A-20 ) A20 , A 20 , A.20 or A-20 may refer to: Vehicles [ edit ] A-20 Havoc , a U.S.-designed attack aircraft used in World War II A20 heavy tank , a British tank which did not enter production but of which a downsized version became the A22 Churchill tank A-20 tank , one of the prototypes of Soviet T-34 tank Aero A.20 ,
86-571: A Czech fighter plane Arrows A20 , a race car Fiat A.20 , an engine powering the 1925 Italian Ansaldo A.120 aircraft Focke-Wulf A 20 , a 1927 German airliner JAC Heyue A20 , a subcompact car Junkers A 20 , a predecessor of the Junkers A 35 aircraft Other uses [ edit ] A20 cell line , a cell line. A20 line , an address line on the system bus of x86 processors University of Aberdeen (UCAS institution code) British NVC community A20 (Ranunculus peltatus community) ,
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172-403: A flatter bottom and squarer cross section, which increased their capacity. Walter Henry Wilson became a partner of the company in 1874. When Harland died in 1895, William James Pirrie became the chairman of the company and remained so until his death in 1924. Thomas Andrews , Pirrie's nephew, became the general manager and head of the draughting department in 1907. It was in this period that
215-453: A partner in the company. Wolff was the nephew of Gustav Schwabe , Hamburg , who was heavily invested in the Bibby Line , and the first three ships that the newly incorporated shipyard built were for that line. Harland made a success of the business through several innovations, notably replacing the wooden upper decks with iron ones which increased the strength of the ships; and giving the hulls
258-547: A pilot. Four pilots were ordered in February 1940. Two - A20E1 and A20E2 - were built. The first pilot took part in trials in June 1940. It was shipped from Northern Ireland to Vauxhall Motors (without a turret) in August; thereafter to Mechanical Warfare Experimental Establishment at Farnborough . The Battle of France indicated that trench warfare was not going to be the case in
301-462: A plant community Dance Dance Revolution A20 , the latest version of Konami 's arcade rhythm game series English Opening (Encyclopedia of chess openings code) List of A20 roads Oshiage Station (station code), a train station in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan Samsung Galaxy A20 , smartphone released in 2019 TNFAIP3 or A20, a zinc finger protein that inhibits NF-kappa B activation A-20,
344-648: A series of bridges in Britain and also in the Republic of Ireland , such as the James Joyce Bridge and the restoration of Dublin 's Ha'penny Bridge , building on the success of its first foray into the civil engineering sector with the construction of the Foyle Bridge in the 1980s. Harland & Wolff's last shipbuilding project was MV Anvil Point , one of six near identical Point-class sealift ships built for use by
387-664: Is famous for having built the majority of the ocean liners for the White Star Line , including Olympic -class trio – RMS Olympic , RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic . Outside of White Star Line, other ships that have been built include the Royal Navy 's HMS Belfast ; Royal Mail Line 's Andes ; Shaw, Savill & Albion 's Southern Cross ; Union-Castle 's RMS Pendennis Castle ; P&O 's Canberra ; and Hamburg-America 's SS Amerika of 1905. Harland and Wolff's official history, Shipbuilders to
430-574: Is held at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum (UFTM). This has a photographic collection and a ships' plans collection (i.e., technical drawings). Around 8,000 prints of Harland & Wolff-built ships covering the period 1890-1945 are held in bound volumes in the UFTM's library. However the UFTM's collection of ships' plans is not currently available to the public nor is there a copy service. Selected early ship's plans (dating from 1860 to 1882) are reproduced in
473-508: Is now known as the Titanic Quarter , and includes the £97 million Titanic Belfast visitor attraction. In recent years the company has seen its ship-related workload increase. While Harland & Wolff has had no recent involvement in shipbuilding projects, the company is increasingly involved in overhaul, re-fitting and ship repair, as well as the construction and repair of off-shore equipment such as oil platforms . On 1 February 2011 it
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#1732847677569516-533: Is still dominated today by Harland & Wolff's famous twin gantry cranes , Samson and Goliath , built in 1974 and 1969 respectively. In late 2007, the 'Goliath' gantry crane was re-commissioned, having been moth-balled in 2003 due to the lack of heavy-lifting work at the yard. In June 2008, assembly work at the Belfast yard was underway on 60 Vestas V90-3MW wind turbines for the Robin Rigg Wind Farm . This
559-507: The Geddes Committee recommended that the British government advance loans and subsidies to British shipyards to modernise production methods and shipyard infrastructure to preserve jobs. A major modernisation programme at the shipyard was undertaken, centred on the creation of a large construction graving dock serviced by two Krupp Goliath cranes, the iconic Samson and Goliath , enabling
602-475: The Ministry of Defence . The ship, built under licence from German shipbuilders Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft , was launched in 2003. The company unsuccessfully tendered against Chantiers de l'Atlantique for the construction of Cunard line 's Queen Mary 2 . In 2003, Harland & Wolff's parent company sold 185 acres of surplus shipyard land and buildings to Harcourt Developments for £47 million. This
645-635: The Royal Air Force . In the Second World War , this factory built Short Stirling bombers as the Hereford was removed from service. The shipyard was busy in the Second World War, building six aircraft carriers , two cruisers (including HMS Belfast ) and 131 other naval ships; and repairing over 22,000 vessels. It also manufactured tanks and artillery components. It was in this period that
688-524: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary 's three new Fleet Solid Support vessels. Harland & Wolff was formed in 1861 by Edward James Harland (1831–1895) and Hamburg -born Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (1834–1913) who came to the UK aged 14. In 1858 Harland, then general manager, bought the small shipyard on Queen's Island from his employer Robert Hickson. After buying Hickson's shipyard, Harland made his assistant Wolff
731-538: The Belfast yard completed its first new vessel since Anvil Point in 2003. It is a barge for the waste management company, Cory , the first of an order for 23 such craft. From 2025 the yard is expecting to complete the final assembly of three naval support ships for the Royal Navy as part of the Team Resolute Consortium. On 16 September 2024, it was reported that Harland & Wolff entered administration for
774-774: The Belfast yard. The installation of the 1.2MW SeaGen Tidal System was begun in Strangford Lough in April 2008. In July 2010, Harland & Wolff secured a contract to make a prototype tidal energy turbine for Scotrenewables Ltd. Manufacture of the SR250 device was completed in May 2011 and has been undergoing testing in Orkney since. Since April 2012, the booming offshore wind power industry has taken centre stage. Harland & Wolff had been working on three innovative meteorological mast foundations for
817-644: The British Army This military vehicle article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This World War II article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Harland and Wolff Harland & Wolff is a British shipbuilding and fabrication company headquartered in London with sites in Belfast , Arnish , Appledore and Methil . It specialises in ship repair , shipbuilding and offshore construction . Harland & Wolff
860-555: The Dogger Bank and Firth of Forth offshore wind farms, as well as putting the finishing touches to two Siemens substations for the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. Seventy-five per cent of the company's work was based on offshore renewable energy . Harland & Wolff was one of many UK and international companies profiting from the emergence of UK wind- and marine-generated electricity, which had been attracting significant inward investment. As
903-595: The First World War. During the 1920s, Catholic workers, Socialists and labour activists were routinely expelled from their jobs in the shipyard: Similar actions had occurred in June 1898 and July, 1912. See The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922) . The company started an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary with Short Brothers , called Short & Harland Limited in 1936. Its first order was for 189 Handley Page Hereford bombers built under licence from Handley Page for
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#1732847677569946-666: The H&;W Belfast shipyard by focusing on smaller ships of up to 119 metres in the shipbuilding and ship repair market. In February 2021, InfraStrata acquired two BiFab yards, the £850,000 deal was struck for the Methil and Arnish yards, (but not the Burntisland facility). These Scottish facilities will trade under the Harland & Wolff brand. In September 2021, Infrastrata plc was renamed Harland & Wolff Group Holdings plc. In April 2023,
989-467: The Second World War. A new specification, A22, was drawn up and Vauxhall who had been engaged to find a suitable power plant - their Bedford "twin six" engine - for the A20 were instructed to bring a tank based on the A20 into production as soon as possible. This would enter service as "Tank, Infantry, Mark IV" later named Churchill . The first pilot Churchill was finished by November 1940. The decision to cancel
1032-512: The World , was published in 1986. Today, the company is focused on supporting five sectors: Defence , Energy , Cruise & Ferry , Renewables and Commercial . It offers services including technical services, fabrication & construction, repair & maintenance, in-service support, conversion and decommissioning. In 2022, the company was awarded a major naval contract as part of Team Resolute (alongside Navantia UK and BMT ), to deliver
1075-474: The aircraft factory. With the rise of the jet-powered airliner in the late 1950s, the demand for ocean liners declined. This, coupled with competition from Japan , led to difficulties for the British shipbuilding industry. The last liner that the company launched was MV Arlanza for Royal Mail Line in 1960; the last liner completed was SS Canberra for P&O in 1961. In the 1960s, notable achievements for
1118-406: The business environment became increasingly competitive the yard began to have difficulty in generating enough business to meet overhead expenses. The yard was last profitable in 2015 and the following year it had an operating loss of £6 million. In 2018, the parent company Fred. Olsen & Co. restructured and decided to place Harland and Wolff up for sale. No buyer emerged and on 5 August 2019
1161-455: The company announced that they would cease trading and entered formal administration. Subsequently, on 1 October 2019, it was announced that the shipyard had been bought for £6 million by the London-based energy firm, InfraStrata. In August 2020, InfraStrata also bought the dormant Appledore shipyard for £7 million. The deal will see the shipyard renamed H&W Appledore complementing
1204-498: The company built Olympic and the two other ships in her class, Titanic and Britannic , between 1909 and 1914. It commissioned Sir William Arrol & Co. to construct a massive twin slipway and gantry structure for the project. In 1912, due primarily to increasing political instability in Ireland, the company acquired another shipyard at Govan in Glasgow , Scotland. It bought
1247-543: The company's workforce peaked at around 35,000 people. However, many of the vessels built in this era were commissioned right at the end of the Second World War, as Harland and Wolff were focused on ship repair in the first three years of the war. The yard on Queen's Island was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe in April and May 1941 during the Belfast Blitz , causing considerable damage to the shipbuilding facilities and destroying
1290-619: The early 1960s when the company opted to consolidate its operations in Belfast. In the First World War , Harland and Wolff built Abercrombie-class monitors and cruisers , including the 15-inch gun armed "large light cruiser" HMS Glorious . In 1918, the company opened a new shipyard on the eastern side of the Musgrave Channel which was named the East Yard. This yard specialised in mass-produced ships of standard design developed in
1333-567: The early 1960s, was demolished. The nationalised company was sold by the British government in 1989 to a management/employee buy-out in partnership with the Norwegian shipping magnate Fred Olsen ; this buy-out led to a new company called Harland & Wolff Holdings Plc . By this time, the number of people employed by the company had fallen to around 3,000. For the next few years, Harland & Wolff specialised in building standard Suezmax oil tankers , and has continued to concentrate on vessels for
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1376-542: The former London & Glasgow Engineering & Iron Shipbuilding Co's Middleton and Govan New shipyards in Govan and Mackie & Thomson's Govan Old Yard, which had been owned by William Beardmore and Company . The three neighbouring yards were amalgamated and redeveloped to provide a total of seven building berths, a fitting-out basin and extensive workshops. Harland & Wolff specialised in building tankers and cargo ships at Govan. The nearby shipyard of A. & J. Inglis , on
1419-535: The former Marconi shipyards on the Clyde and at Barrow-in-Furness thus rendering H&W's involvement surplus to requirements. Faced with competitive pressures, Harland & Wolff sought to shift and broaden their portfolio, focusing less on shipbuilding and more on design and structural engineering, as well as ship repair, offshore construction projects and competing for other projects to do with metal engineering and construction. This led to Harland and Wolff constructing
1462-794: The north bank of the Clyde and the east bank of the Kelvin, was also purchased by Harland & Wolff in 1919, along with the Meadowside shipyard of D. and W. Henderson and Company , on the north bank of the Clyde but on the west bank of the Kelvin. The company also bought a stake in the company's primary steel supplier, David Colville & Sons . Harland & Wolff also established shipyards at Bootle in Liverpool , North Woolwich in London and Southampton . However, these shipyards were all eventually closed, beginning in
1505-413: The offshore oil and gas industry. It has made some forays outside this market. In the late 1990s, the yard was part of the then British Aerospace team for the Royal Navy 's Future Carrier (CVF) programme. It was envisaged that the ship would be assembled at the Harland & Wolff dry-dock in Belfast. In 1999, BAE merged with Marconi Electronic Systems . The new company, BAE Systems Marine , included
1548-803: The order for 100 A20 was made in June 1940 and that the four pilot models - constructed of mild steel - would be used for component testing. After the MWEE, the A20E1 moved to the Experimental Bridging Establishment, Christchurch then back to Farnborough, this time to the Wheeled Vehicle Experimental Establishment. There it was used as trial load to test a twenty-wheel 70-ton capacity tank transporter trailer built by Cranes of Dereham . Background: British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II , Tanks in
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1634-509: The second time in 5 years. The company is expected to continue operations normally, while its non-core operations will wind down. A collection of Harland & Wolff papers are held at Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI). The Harland & Wolff archive in PRONI comprises c.2,000 files, c.200 volumes and c.16,000 documents, 1861–1987, documenting most aspects of the history of Belfast's famous shipbuilding firm. A further major archive
1677-567: The shipyard to build much larger post-war merchant ships, including one of 333,000 tonnes. The shipyard had a long-standing reputation as a Protestant closed shop, and in 1970, during the Troubles , 500 Catholic workers were expelled from their role. Continuing financial problems led to the company's nationalisation , though not as part of British Shipbuilders , in 1977. In 1971, the Arrol Gantry complex, within which many ships were built until
1720-462: The yard included the tanker Myrina , which was the first supertanker built in the UK and the largest vessel ever launched down a slipway, as it was in September 1967. In the same period the yard also built the semi-submersible drilling rig Sea Quest which, due to its three-legged design, was launched down three parallel slipways. This was a first and only time this was ever done. In the mid-1960s,
1763-557: Was a British tank design by Harland and Wolff to meet an Army requirement for an infantry tank that could replace the Matilda II and Valentine tank . It was designed in the expectation that conditions would be similar to those of the First World War . The specification was produced by Superintendent of Tank Design at Woolwich with design by the Mechanization Board and passed to Harland and Wolff for detail work and to build
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1806-606: Was announced that Harland & Wolff had won the contract to refurbish SS Nomadic , effectively rekindling its nearly 150-year association with the White Star Line. Structural steel work on the ship began on 10 February 2011 and was completed in time for the 2012 Belfast Titanic Festival. In July 2012 Harland & Wolff was to carry out the dry docking and service of the Husky Oil SeaRose FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) vessel. Belfast's skyline
1849-534: Was the second offshore wind farm assembled by the company for Vestas having completed the logistics for the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm in 2006. In August 2011 Harland and Wolff completed the logistics for the Ormonde Wind Farm which consisted of 30 REpower 5MW turbines. In March 2008, the construction of the world's first commercial tidal stream turbine, for Marine Current Turbines, was completed at
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