Siddeley-Deasy

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Siddeley Deasy Motor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
legal form Corporation
founding 1906
resolution 1919
Seat Coventry , UK
Branch Aircraft construction , engine construction , vehicle construction

Siddeley-Deasy from 1913

The Siddeley Deasy Motor Manufacturing Company Ltd. based in Coventry was a British manufacturer of cars, airplanes and engines. The company existed since 1906. In 1919 it was merged with the vehicle and engine division of the Armstrong Whitworth industrial group to Armstrong-Siddeley .

The origin was the company founded in February 1906 as Deasy Motor Car Manufacturing Co. by Henry Hugh Peter Deasy , which was created through the takeover of Iden Motor Car . Deasy made automobiles. After a dispute with his chief engineer, Deasy left the company in 1909. John Davenport Siddeley became managing director and took control in 1912, changing the company into Siddeley Deasy Motor Manufacturing Company Ltd. renamed.

The company flourished during the First World War. Vehicle production was discontinued. From 1916 onwards the company was engaged in the production of aircraft, such as the Royal Aircraft Factory RE7 and the Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 . From 1917 on, aircraft engines were also developed and manufactured. The main type with 4,288 pieces was the Siddeley Puma .

As early as 1917, Siddeley Deasy was able to establish himself as a supplier of workpieces made of light metal castings for Armstrong Whitworth . A solid partnership was established, which ultimately led to the partial merger of the two companies in 1919, which became Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd. called.

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