Editing Vickers (section)

===Vickers, Sons & Maxim===
[[File:Vickers, Sons & Maxim's Naval Construction Works (ca. 1900).jpg|thumb|Vickers, Sons & Maxim's Naval Construction Works ({{Circa|1900}})]]
[[File:Emblem Wolseley-Siddeley V S & M copy.png|thumb|right|Name plate: Vickers, Sons & Maxim<br>Wolseley Siddeley]]
Vickers bought out the [[Barrow-in-Furness]] shipbuilder The Barrow Shipbuilding Company in 1897, acquiring its subsidiary the [[Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.submarineheritage.com/history.html |title=Submarine Heritage Centre |access-date=22 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704042341/http://www.submarineheritage.com/history.html |archive-date=4 July 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> at the same time, to become Vickers, Sons & Maxim.

Ordnance and ammunition made during this period, including [[World War I]], was stamped V.S.M.

The yard at Barrow became the "Construction Yard". With these acquisitions, Vickers could now produce a complete selection of products, from ships and marine fittings to armour plate and a whole suite of ordnance. In 1901 the [[Royal Navy]]'s first submarine, ''[[Holland 1]]'', was launched at the Naval Construction Yard. In 1902 Vickers took a half share in the famous [[River Clyde|Clyde]] shipyard [[John Brown & Company]].

Further diversification occurred in 1901 with the acquisition of [[The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company|a proposed business]] which was incorporated as [[Wolseley Motors|The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company]] and in 1905 the goodwill and patent rights of the Siddeley car. In 1911 a controlling interest was acquired in [[torpedo]] manufacturer [[Whitehead & Company]].