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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.

1911Kurulan
Birleştirildi Kanadair in 1944Durum
9Kayıtlardaki uçaklar
1Hava kuvvetleri bu tür uçakları kullanıyor.
Photo: Government of Ontario / Wikimedia Commons (OGL-ON)
ÜlkeKanadaKurulan1911-06Merkez OfisMontreal, QuebecDurumBirleştirildi Kanadair in 1944
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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
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Canadian Vickers in numbers

Şirket

Kısacası
Founded 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

Üretme

En çok bilinen yönü
Vedette ve 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

Bugün

Şimdi
Aircraft line lives on through Canadair and Bombardier

  • Cartierville plant became Canadair, later part of Bombardier

Sayılar

İnşa edilen uçaklar
400'den fazla1923–1944
Vedettes built
60
Cansos built
30 at Vickers plus 282 at Cartierville (s1); 380 PBV-1A (s3)
uçak

Every notable Canadian Vickers aircraft

Kanadalı Vickers VedetteLight flying boat · first flight 1924 · 60 built

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

Uçak Rol İlk uçuş İnşa edildi Durum Not
Vickers Viking IV Uçan bot 6 Emekli First aircraft contract, for the Canadian Air Force
Kanadalı Vickers Vedette Light flying boat 1924 60 Emekli Forestry survey and fire patrol
Canadian Vickers Varuna Uçan bot 8 Emekli
Canadian Vickers Vancouver Uçan bot 6 Emekli
Avro 504N Eğitmen 13 Emekli Licence-built
Fokker Super Universal Bush transport 15 Emekli Licence-built
Northrop Delta Transport and survey aircraft 20 Emekli First all-metal stressed-skin aircraft built in Canada
Süpermarine Stranraer Deniz devriye uçan botu 40 Emekli Licence-built
Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso Deniz devriye amfibisi 312–380 Emekli RCAF Canso A and USAAF OA-10A
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Canadian Vickers aircraft in the world’s air forces

1 air forces in the Order of Battle fly or flew Canadian Vickers types. Bunlardan 0 tanesinin hala hizmette olan bir örneği var.

Hava kuvvetleri Hizmette Eskiden uçuruluyordu
Kanada Kraliyet Hava Kuvvetleri Kanadalı Vickers Vedette
Yerler, insanlar, kayıtlar

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

Fabrikalar

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

İnsanlar

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

Rekorlar ve ilkler

  • 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
Zaman çizelgesi

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

Soy ağacı

Before and after Canadian Vickers

Önce geldiVickersparent company, 1911Read the Vickers pageSonradan geldiKanadairtook over the aircraft plant, 4 November 1944Read the Canadair page
Sorular ve Cevaplar

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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Doğrulama tarihi: 2026-10-03.