Armstrong Whitworth

Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd

Company type	Private
Industry	Engineering, Shipbuilding Aircraft
Predecessors	W. G. Armstrong & Company Elswick Ordnance Company Sir W. G. Armstrong & Company Sir William Armstrong, Mitchell and Co.
Founded	1847 (W.G. Armstrong Co.)
Founder	William George Armstrong
Defunct	1927
Fate	Demergers Take over
Successor	Vickers-Armstrongs
Headquarters	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Products	Aircraft Armaments Locomotives Ships
Subsidiaries	Vickers Armstrong Armstrong Siddeley (Demerged)

Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. With headquarters in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth built armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles and aircraft.

The company was founded by William Armstrong in 1847, becoming Armstrong Mitchell and then Armstrong Whitworth through mergers. In 1927, it merged with Vickers Limited to form Vickers-Armstrongs, with its automobile and aircraft interests purchased by J D Siddeley.