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1915 Established by Harry Ricardo [1]

WWI Engine research. Developed the engine that would eventually be used in the first successful tank design, the British Mark V. A total of over 8,000 of Ricardo's tank engines were put into military service, making it the first British-designed engine to be produced in large numbers. The Mark IX tank and the British version of the Mark VIII (tank) also used a Ricardo engine.

Ricardo set up a private research centre for research into the internal combustion engine using £30,000 that he had received from the government in recognition of his work on the Mk V tank engine.

1919 Moved to Shoreham

1920 The name was changed to Ricardo and Co Engineers.[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1920/05/21, p 544.
  2. The Engineer 1920/05/21, p 544.