====Ships====It bought out the Barrow in Furness shipbuilder The Barrow Shipbuilding Company in 1897, acquiring its subsidiary the Maxim Nordenfelt Guns And Ammunitions Company at the same time, to become Vickers, Sons & Maxim.
=== 1887—1927 ===В 1897 году компания приобрела компанию Barrow Shipbuilding Company и её дочернее подразделение Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company, и сменила название на Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Limited.