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Napier

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Napier is the engine and motor car marque of D. Napier & Son, the British precision engineering firm founded in 1808. Napier moved from machinery for the financial, print and munitions trades into internal combustion engines and road vehicles in the early twentieth century and was best known for its luxury motor cars of the Edwardian era. It then turned to aero engines: the W12 Lion dominated the British market in the 1920s and the H-24 Sabre powered the Hawker Typhoon and Tempest fighters of the Second World War. Napier engines also drove many land and water speed record craft. English Electric took the company over during the war years and engine manufacture eventually ceased; Napier Turbochargers survives today as a subsidiary of Wabtec. This entry is the make that groups the engines Napier built.

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Ownership History
Taken over by the English Electric Co in 1942; renamed Napier Turbochargers Ltd in 1973; Napier Turbochargers acquired by Wabtec Group in 2013. 1
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Napier Cub, Engines
Source Napier Cub (Wikipedia)
Napier Culverin, Engines
Source Napier Culverin (Wikipedia)
Napier Dagger, Engines
Source Napier Dagger (Wikipedia)
Napier Deltic, Engines
Source Napier Deltic (Wikipedia)
Napier Eland, Engines
Source Napier Eland (Wikipedia)
Napier Gazelle, Engines
Source Napier Gazelle (Wikipedia)
Napier Javelin, Engines
Source Napier Javelin (Wikipedia)
Napier Lion, Engines
Source Napier Lion (Wikipedia)
Napier Naiad, Engines
Source Napier Naiad (Wikipedia)
Napier Nomad, Engines
Source Napier Nomad (Wikipedia)
Napier Oryx, Engines
Source Napier Oryx (Wikipedia)
Napier Rapier, Engines
Source Napier Rapier (Wikipedia)
Napier Sabre, Engines
Source Napier Sabre (Wikipedia)
Napier Scorpion, Engines
Source Napier Scorpion (Wikipedia)
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D. Napier & Son Limited was a British engineering company
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1. Napier (Graces Guide)
  • History timeline, 1942 entry
    1942 Napier was taken over by the English Electric Co
  • History timeline, 1973 entry
    1973 Name of D. Napier and Son Ltd was changed to Napier Turbochargers Ltd
  • History timeline, 2013 entry
    2013 Wabtec Group acquired Napier Turbochargers
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D. Napier & Son (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, nationality
    D. Napier & Son Limited was a British engineering company
  • Part Of: Aviation, Lead
    D. Napier & Son Limited was a British engineering company best known for its luxury motor cars in the Edwardian era and for its aero engines throughout the early to mid-20th century.
  • Part Of: English Electric, Lead, takeover
    During the Second World War, the company was taken over by English Electric
  • In Group: Aircraft and Aerospace Manufacturers, Lead, products
    D. Napier & Son Limited was a British engineering company best known for its luxury motor cars in the Edwardian era and for its aero engines throughout the early to mid-20th century.
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Napier Lion (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Lion, Lead, maker
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built by D. Napier & Son
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Napier Nomad (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Nomad, Lead, maker
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built by Napier & Son
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Napier Eland (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Eland, Lead, maker
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built by Napier & Son
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Napier Gazelle (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Gazelle, Lead, maker
Quote, Has Vehicles: Napier Gazelle, Lead, maker
manufactured by D. Napier & Son
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Napier Naiad (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Naiad, Lead, maker
Quote, Has Vehicles: Napier Naiad, Lead, maker
built by D. Napier & Son
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Napier Scorpion (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Scorpion, Lead, maker
Quote, Has Vehicles: Napier Scorpion, Lead, maker
developed and manufactured by Napier
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Napier Culverin (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Culverin, Lead, maker
Quote, Has Vehicles: Napier Culverin, Lead, maker
built by D. Napier & Son
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Napier Cub (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Cub, Lead, maker
Quote, Has Vehicles: Napier Cub, Lead, maker
built by the British engine company D. Napier & Son
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Napier Rapier (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Rapier, Lead, maker
Quote, Has Vehicles: Napier Rapier, Lead, maker
built by Napier & Son
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Napier Dagger (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Dagger, Lead, maker
Quote, Has Vehicles: Napier Dagger, Lead, maker
built by Napier
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Napier Oryx (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Oryx, Lead, maker
Quote, Has Vehicles: Napier Oryx, Lead, maker
built by Napier
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Napier Javelin (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Javelin, Lead, maker
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built by D. Napier & Son
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Napier Sabre (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Sabre, Lead, maker
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designed by Major Frank Halford and built by D. Napier & Son during World War II
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Napier Deltic (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Napier Deltic, Lead, maker
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designed and produced by D. Napier & Son
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