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John I. Thornycroft &amp; Company
John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft was a British shipbuilding firm founded by John Isaac Thornycroft in Chiswick in 1866. It moved to Woolston, Southampton, in 1908, merging in 1966 with Vosper & Company to form one organisation called Vosper Thornycroft. From 2002 to 2010 the company acquired several international and US based defence and services companies, and changed name to the VT Group. In 2010 the company was absorbed by Babcock International who retained the UK and international
John Thornycroft
John Thornycroft may refer to:
- Sir John Thornycroft, 1st Baronet (1659–1725), English barrister-at-law
- John Edward Thornycroft (1872–1960), British civil engineer
- John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928), British shipbuilder
- John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, the shipbuilding company named after him