Barr & Stroud Mark 100 Years of Supplying Navy

Famous Glasgow Firm Provides Silent Service with ‘Eyes’

IN ONE of this years’ more unusual centenaries, on 31 August 1917 Govan-based engineers and optical technicians, Barr & Stroud Ltd, delivered an example of their FY1 No.1 Periscope to the Armstrong- Whitworth shipyard at Wallsend.

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