John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd, shipbuilders, engineers and motor vehicle manufacturers

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Alternative name(s):	Vosper Thornycroft (Later known as)
Date:	1880-1976
Places:	Southampton, Hampshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Engineering: Mechanical > Vehicle manufacturers \| Engineering: Mechanical > Shipbuilding and marine engineering
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C119350 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B6712 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1880-1964: corresp, tenders, specifications, trial reports, plans and technical papers	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive		See Guide, vol 2, 1980
2	1884-1968: corporate, accounting, order, staff and misc records	Southampton Archives Office	D/VT	See LA Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry, 1992
3	1900-1972: records rel to production of commercial vehicles, incl c4000 photographs and glass negatives	Science Museum Library and Archives	THORN	See Annual Return 1995
4	1952-1976: L R Horsington's photographs from time as senior electrical engineer working for John I Thorneycroft and Vosper Thorneycroft (shipbuilders)	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC MSS 295	See Annual Return 2017