Supermarine
Sign in to saveAlso known as Pemberton-Billing Ltd, Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd, Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Ltd, Vickers Supermarine
Supermarine (founded in 1913 as Pemberton-Billing Ltd) was a British aircraft manufacturer. It is most famous for producing the Spitfire fighter plane during World War II. The company built a range of seaplanes and flying boats, winning the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes with three consecutive victories (in 1927, 1929 and 1931). After the war, the company produced a series of jet fighters.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Supermarine Aviation Works
- Company.image
- Supermarine Aviation Ltd, Woolston.jpg
- Company.image_size
- 220
- Company.image_alt
- photo of company
- Company.image_caption
- Supermarine Aviation Ltd, Woolston, in 1924
- Company.fate
- Merged and name dropped
- Company.successor
- Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft)
- Company.foundation
- 1913 (as Pemberton-Billing Ltd.)
- Company.defunct
- 1960 (incorporation into BAC)
- Company.location
- Woolston
- Company.industry
- Aviation
- Company.key_people
- Noel Pemberton BillingR. J. MitchellHubert Scott-PaineJoe Smith
- Company.parent
- Vickers-Armstrongs (1928 onwards)
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Encyclopedic overview
33 sectionsContents
- Pemberton-Billing Ltd
- Founding
- Early aircraft
- World War I
- Supermarine Aviation Works
- Post World War I
- Schneider Trophy 1919 to 1924
- Bird takes over
- Supermarine Southampton
- Schneider Trophy 1925 to 1927
- Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Ltd
- The Depression
- Schneider Trophy 1929 and 1931
- Walrus and Stranraer
- Supermarine Spitfire
- Increasing production capacity
- Castle Bromwich
- Heavy bomber
- Death of Mitchell
- World War II
- Air raids
- Complete dispersal of production
- New designs
- Post-World War II
- Representation in media
- Memorials
- Reuse of the Supermarine name
- Supermarine aircraft
- Designs and submissions only
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Supermarine (founded in 1913 as Pemberton-Billing Ltd) was a British aircraft manufacturer. It is most famous for producing the Spitfire fighter plane during World War II. The company built a range of seaplanes and flying boats, winning the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes with three consecutive victories (in 1927, 1929 and 1931). After the war, the company produced a series of jet fighters.
The company was located on the River Itchen close to Woolston, Southampton, on ground purchased by the British aviator and inventor Noel Pemberton Billing. He designed two prototype quadruplanes designed to shoot down Zeppelins—the Supermarine P.B.29 and the Supermarine Nighthawk. Pemberton Billing sold the company to his longtime associate Hubert Scott-Paine in 1916, when it was renamed Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd..
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