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29-497: Nascopie was fitted with an ice breaker bow and her plates were of five-eighths-inch steel. She carried Marconi apparatus located beside the wheelhouse on the upper deck. Her maiden crew was from the Dominion of Newfoundland under Captain Smith and they sailed for Penarth , South Wales , in late January 1912 to take on a load of coal bound for St. John's , Newfoundland. That winter she

58-469: A vertically integrated company which The Scotsman described as "[a combination of British Aerospace's] contracting and platform-building skills with Marconi's coveted electronics systems capability". for example combining the manufacturer of the Eurofighter with the company that provided many of the aircraft's electronic systems; British Aerospace was MES' largest customer. In contrast, DASA's response to

87-522: A Superintendent of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1920 to 1928. He took many photographs of the local communities the ship visited. In 1934 Nascopie took for the first time a Governor of the company to ever visit Hudson Bay. HBC Governor Patrick Ashley Cooper and his wife joined her in Montreal and sailed as far as Churchill. In 1937, the ship enabled the Hudson's Bay Company in establishing Fort Ross . Sailing from

116-546: A key to his appointment. GEC favours forging a national "champion" defence group with BAe to compete with the giant US organisations". When GEC put MES up for sale on 22 December 1998, BAE abandoned the DASA merger in favour of purchasing its British rival. The merger of British Aerospace and MES was announced on 19 January 1999. Evans stated that in 2004 that his fear was that an American defence contractor would acquire MES and challenge both British Aerospace and DASA. The merger created

145-418: A major American defence contractor, for US$ 1.4 billion. The 1997 merger of American corporations Boeing and McDonnell Douglas , which followed the forming of Lockheed Martin , the world's largest defence contractor in 1995, increased the pressure on European defence companies to consolidate. In June 1997, British Aerospace Defence managing director John Weston commented "Europe... is supporting three times

174-535: A subsidiary of BAE Systems, but the assets were rearranged elsewhere within that company. MES-related businesses include BAE Systems Submarine Solutions , BAE Systems Surface Ships , BAE Systems Insyte and Selex ES (now a part of Leonardo ). The Marconi Company had been formed by Guglielmo Marconi in 1897 in Britain, originally under the name of The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company. Following GEC's acquisition of Marconi as part of English Electric in 1968,

203-717: The Hudson Bay operations. In 1916, when chartered by the government of France, and carrying cargo from Russia to Newfoundland , she encountered a German U-boat, and exchanged gunfire. She drove off the U-boat, but was credited with sinking it, at the time. George E. Mack (1887–1941) a keen amateur photographer, joined the HBC in 1910, he served on the Nascopie twice, firstly as Second Officer in 1912, then again as Captain from 1915 to 1920; first as Master and then as Ice Master/Pilot, when he became

232-578: The dot-com collapse led to a major restructuring of the Marconi group in 2003: in a debt-for- equity swap , shareholders retained 0.5% of the new company, Marconi Corporation plc . In October 2005 the Swedish firm Ericsson offered to buy the Marconi name and most of the assets. The transaction was completed on 23 January 2006, effective as of 1 January 2006. The remainder of the Marconi company, with some 2,000 staff working on telecommunications infrastructure in

261-635: The Marconi Company had facilities at New Street Chelmsford, Baddow, Basildon, Billericay, and Writtle as well as in Wembley, Gateshead and Hackbridge. It also owned Marconi Instruments , Sanders Electronics, Eddystone Radio and Marconi Italiana (based in Genoa , Italy). In 1967 Marconi took over Stratton and Company to form Eddystone Radio. In 1903, Marconi founded the Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada which

290-466: The Marconi Company in 1946 to complement its other operations: heavy electrical engineering, aircraft manufacture and its railway traction business. In 1948 the company was reorganised into four divisions: Communications, Broadcasting, Aeronautics and Radar. These had expanded to 13 manufacturing divisions by 1965 when a further reorganisation took place. The divisions were placed into three groups: Telecommunications, Components and Electronics. At this time

319-467: The Marconi brand was used for its defence businesses, e.g. Marconi Space & Defence Systems (MSDS), Marconi Underwater Systems Ltd (MUSL). When it was bought by General Electric, MES represented the pinnacle of GEC's defence businesses which had a heritage of almost 100 years. GEC's history of military products dates back to World War I with its contribution to the war effort then including radios and bulbs. World War II consolidated this position with

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348-535: The UK and the Republic of Ireland, was renamed Telent . Marconi Electronic Systems Marconi Electronic Systems ( MES ), or GEC-Marconi as it was until 1998, was the defence arm of General Electric Company (GEC). It was split off from GEC and bought by British Aerospace (BAe) on 30 November 1999 to form BAE Systems . GEC then renamed itself Marconi plc . MES exists today as BAE Systems Electronics Limited ,

377-550: The breakdown of the merger discussion was to merge with Aérospatiale to create the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company ( EADS ), a horizontal integration . EADS has since considered a merger with Thales to create a "fully rounded" company. While MES was responsible for the majority of GEC's defence sales other GEC companies achieved defence related sales, principally GEC Alsthom , GEC-Plessey Telecommunications (GPT) and GEC Plessey Semiconductors. This

406-457: The collapse of the remaining company, with the bulk of the business acquired by the Swedish telecommunications company, Ericsson . Marconi's "Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company" was formed on 20 July 1897 after a British patent for wireless technology was granted on 2 July that year. The company opened the world's first radio factory on Hall Street in Chelmsford northeast of London in 1898 and

435-479: The company in 1914 and became joint general manager in 1924. After leaving Marconi in 1928 he went on to lead research at EMI where he was influential in the development of television broadcasting. In 1939, the Marconi Research Laboratories were founded at Great Baddow , Essex. In 1941 there was a buyout of Marconi- Ekco Instruments to form Marconi Instruments . English Electric acquired

464-559: The company involved in many important technological advances, most notably radar . Between 1945 and GEC's demerger of its defence business in 1999, the company became a major defence contractor . GEC's major defence related acquisitions included Associated Electrical Industries in 1967, English Electric Company (including Marconi as a subsidiary) in 1968, Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1985, parts of Ferranti 's defence business in 1990, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in 1995 and Kvaerner Govan in 1999. In June 1998, MES acquired Tracor ,

493-512: The computer section of GEC, English Electric Leo Marconi (EELM), merged with International Computers and Tabulators (ICT) to form International Computers Limited (ICL). The computer interests of Elliott Automation which specialised in real-time computing were amalgamated with those of Marconi's Automation Division to form Marconi-Elliott Computers, later renamed as GEC Computers . In 1968 Marconi Space and Defence Systems and Marconi Underwater Systems were formed. The Marconi Company continued as

522-484: The east, she met the schooner Aklavik , which had sailed from the west into Bellot Strait. This meeting of the two ships at Fort Ross, brought into reality for the first time the Northwest Passage. During the second World War, she was fitted with anti-aircraft gun, and a 3.7 inch Naval gun, she was used to ship carry cryolite for making Aluminum for the war effort. Nascopie was wrecked near Cape Dorset near

551-495: The icebreakers Earl Grey and Minto . They then purchased from the Reid Newfoundland Company the icebreaking mail steamers Bruce and Lintrose . They then began negotiations with A. J. Harvey and Co. for the purchase of Bellaventure , Bonaventure , and Adventure and with Job Brothers for Beothic and Nascopie . They purchased all except for Nascopie which continued her supply route to service

580-587: The number of contractors on less than half the budget of the U.S.". European governments wished to see the merger of their defence manufacturers into a single entity, a European Aerospace and Defence Company. As early as 1995, British Aerospace and the German aerospace and defence company DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (DASA) were said to be keen to create a transnational aerospace and defence company. Merger discussions began between British Aerospace and DASA in July 1998. A merger

609-458: The primary defence subsidiary of GEC, GEC-Marconi. Marconi was renamed GEC-Marconi in 1987. During the period 1968–1999 GEC-Marconi/MES underwent significant expansion. Acquisitions which were folded into the company and partnerships established included: Other acquisitions included: In a major reorganisation of the company, GEC-Marconi was renamed Marconi Electronic Systems in 1996 and was separated from other non-defence assets. In 1999, GEC

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638-510: The southern tip of Baffin Island on an uncharted reef, July 21, 1947. https://wantedonthevoyage.blogspot.com/2023/07/arctic-lifeline-hbss-nascopie.html comprehensive design and operation history of the Nascopie with many photographs Marconi Company The Marconi Company was a British telecommunications and engineering company founded by Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi in 1897 which

667-542: Was a pioneer of wireless long distance communication and mass media broadcasting, eventually becoming one of the UK's most successful manufacturing companies. Its roots were in the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company, which underwent several changes in name after mergers and acquisitions. In 1999, its defence equipment manufacturing division, Marconi Electronic Systems , merged with British Aerospace (BAe) to form BAE Systems . In 2006, financial difficulties led to

696-451: Was agreed between British Aerospace chairman Richard Evans and DASA CEO Jürgen Schrempp in December 1998. GEC was also under pressure to participate in defence industry consolidation. Reporting the appointment of George Simpson as GEC managing director in 1996, The Independent had said "some analysts believe that Mr Simpson's inside knowledge of BAe, a long-rumoured GEC bid target, was

725-513: Was broken up and parts sold off. Marconi Electronic Systems, which included its wireless assets, was demerged and sold to British Aerospace which then formed BAE Systems . GEC, realigning itself as a primarily telecommunications company following the MES sale, retained the Marconi brand and renamed itself Marconi plc . BAE were granted limited rights to continue use of the Marconi name in existing partnerships, which had ceased by 2005. Major spending and

754-604: Was employed in the annual seal hunt of the coast of Newfoundland under Captain Barbour for the Job Brothers mercantile business at St. John's. Soon after World War I broke out the Russian government was in dire need of ships with ice breaking capacity, It placed orders with British shipyards and at the same time began a campaign of purchasing icebreakers on the open market. Russian representatives first went to Ottawa and purchased

783-613: Was established in 1901. The company and factory was moved to New Street Works in 1912 to allow for production expansion in light of the RMS Titanic disaster. Along with private entrepreneurs, Marconi company formed in 1924 the Unione Radiofonica Italiana (URI), which was granted by Mussolini's regime a monopoly of radio broadcasts in 1924. After the war, URI became the RAI , which lives on to this day. Isaac Shoenberg joined

812-622: Was renamed as the Canadian Marconi Company in 1925. The radio business of the Canadian Marconi Company is known as Ultra Electronics TCS since 2002 and its avionic activities as CMC Electronics , owned by Esterline since 2007. In 1967 or 1968, English Electric was subject to a takeover bid by the Plessey Company but chose instead to accept an offer from the General Electric Company (GEC). Under UK government pressure,

841-587: Was responsible for some of the most important advances in radio and television. These include: The subsidiary Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America , also called "American Marconi", was founded in 1899. It was the dominant radio communications provider in the US until the formation of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in 1919. In 1900 the company's name was changed to "Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company" and Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Training College

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