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Vickers canadense

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A Montreal shipyard set up to build submarines for the Royal Navy became Canada’s first serious aircraft maker, designed the bush-flying Vedette, and handed its Canso plant to the team that founded Canadair.

1911Fundada
Fundido em Canadair em 1944Status
9Aeronaves registradas
1Forças aéreas que operam seus tipos
Photo: Government of Ontario / Wikimedia Commons (OGL-ON)
PaísCanadáFundada1911-06SedeMontreal, QuebecStatusFundido em Canadair em 1944
A história

Canadian Vickers: the company and the aircraft that made its name

Submarines across the Atlantic

Canadian Vickers was founded in June 1911 by the British arms giant Vickers, invited by Ottawa to build ships for the new Royal Canadian Navy. Its Montreal yard on the St Lawrence opened a huge floating dock in 1912, and in 1915 it assembled ten H-class submarines for the Royal Navy, the first submarines to cross the Atlantic under their own power. The yard went on to build Flower-class corvettes, frigates, destroyers and icebreakers, and one of its wartime corvettes later became Aristotle Onassis’s yacht Christina O.

Flying boats for the bush

Aircraft came in 1923, with a contract for Vickers Viking flying boats for the young Canadian Air Force. Canadian Vickers then designed its own: the Vedette, first flown on 4 November 1924, was the first aircraft designed and built in Canada for Canadian conditions, a small flying boat for forestry survey and fire patrol. Sixty were built, and provincial governments flew them over the northern forests for years. Licence work followed, including Avro 504Ns, Fairchilds, Bellancas and 40 Supermarine Stranraers, and the Northrop Delta, the first all-metal stressed-skin aircraft built in Canada.

The Canso plant and the birth of Canadair

In July 1941 Ottawa ordered Canso amphibians, the Canadian Catalina, and built a new plant at Cartierville for Canadian Vickers to run on its behalf. By 1944 the company asked to be relieved of the job. A group of former senior Canadian Vickers staff led by Benjamin W. Franklin formed Canadair, which took over the plant on 4 November 1944. Between 1923 and 1944 Canadian Vickers built more than 400 aircraft. The shipyard carried on until 1988.

A Montreal shipyard set up to build submarines for the Royal Navy became Canada’s first serious aircraft maker, designed the bush-flying Vedette, and handed its Canso plant to the team that founded Canadair.Canadian Vickers · verified 2026-10-03
À primeira vista

Canadian Vickers in numbers

A empresa

Resumidamente
Fundada em 1911

  • Founded in Montreal by Vickers Sons & Maxim, June 1911
  • Sold to Canadian owners led by Frank Ross, 1926–1928
  • Aircraft operations passed to Canadair, November 1944
  • Shipbuilding ceased by 1988

Produção

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Vedette e Canso

  • More than 400 aircraft, 1923–1944
  • Vedette flying boat, 60 built
  • Licence-built Viking, Avro 504N, Fairchild FC-2, Stranraer, Northrop Delta
  • PBV-1A Canso amphibians for the RCAF and USAAF

Hoje

Agora
Aircraft line lives on through Canadair and Bombardier

  • Cartierville plant became Canadair, later part of Bombardier

Os números

Aeronaves construídas
mais de 4001923–1944
Vedettes built
60
Cansos built
30 at Vickers plus 282 at Cartierville (s1); 380 PBV-1A (s3)
A aeronave

Every notable Canadian Vickers aircraft

Vedette Vickers canadenseLight flying boat · first flight 1924 · 60 built

Photos: Government of Ontario / Wikimedia Commons (OGL-ON)

Aeronave Papel Primeiro voo Construído Status Observação
Vickers Viking IV Hidroavião 6 Aposentado First aircraft contract, for the Canadian Air Force
Vedette Vickers canadense Light flying boat 1924 60 Aposentado Forestry survey and fire patrol
Canadian Vickers Varuna Hidroavião 8 Aposentado
Canadian Vickers Vancouver Hidroavião 6 Aposentado
Avro 504N Treinador 13 Aposentado Licence-built
Fokker Super Universal Bush transport 15 Aposentado Licence-built
Northrop Delta Transport and survey aircraft 20 Aposentado First all-metal stressed-skin aircraft built in Canada
Supermarine Stranraer hidroavião de patrulha marítima 40 Aposentado Licence-built
Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso patrulha marítima anfíbia 312–380 Aposentado RCAF Canso A and USAAF OA-10A
Quem os pilota?

Canadian Vickers aircraft in the world’s air forces

1 air forces in the Order of Battle fly or flew Canadian Vickers types. Nenhum deles ainda tem um em serviço.

Força Aérea Em serviço Anteriormente voado
Força Aérea Real Canadense Vedette Vickers canadense
Lugares, pessoas, registros

Where Canadian Vickers built, who led it, what it achieved

Fábricas

  • Maisonneuve shipyard · Montreal, Quebec — Main works on the St Lawrence
  • Cartierville plant · Saint-Laurent, Montreal — Government Canso plant managed for Ottawa; became Canadair

Pessoas

  • Benjamin W. Franklin · senior manager, Canadair founder
  • Frank Ross · owner from 1926–1928 — Merged Montreal Dry Dock into Canadian Vickers

Recordes e pioneirismos

  • H-class submarines built in Montreal were the first to cross the Atlantic under their own power
  • Vedette: first aircraft designed and built in Canada to a Canadian specification
  • Northrop Delta: first all-metal stressed-skin aircraft built in Canada
Linha do tempo

Canadian Vickers, year by year

1911

Canadian Vickers established in Montreal

1912

Floating dry dock opens

1915

Ten H-class submarines launched for the Royal Navy

1923

First aircraft contract: Vickers Vikings for the Canadian Air Force

1924

Vedette first flight

1928

Merged with Montreal Dry Dock under Frank Ross

1941

Contract to build Canso amphibians

1944

Canadair takes over the Cartierville aircraft plant

1988

Shipbuilding ceases

A árvore genealógica

Before and after Canadian Vickers

Veio antesVickersparent company, 1911Leia a página da VickersVeio depoisCanadairtook over the aircraft plant, 4 November 1944Leia a página da Canadair
Perguntas e Respostas

Everything people ask about Canadian Vickers

What aircraft did Canadian Vickers design?
Its own designs included the Vedette, Varuna, Vancouver and several one-offs; the Vedette was the most successful, with 60 built.
How is Canadian Vickers related to Canadair?
Canadair was formed by former senior Canadian Vickers staff and took over the government-owned Canso plant at Cartierville in November 1944.
Did Canadian Vickers build Catalinas?
Yes, as the PBV-1A Canso for the RCAF and the OA-10A for the USAAF.
How many aircraft did Canadian Vickers build?
More than 400 between 1923 and 1944.

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Verificado em 03/10/2026.