Talk:Paxman (engines)

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Alsthom or Alstom? There seems to be some confusion and contradiction in the article. 83.104.249.240 21:43, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Having worked for the company under both names, "GEC Alsthom" and "Alstom" are both correct. For some reason the "h" was dropped when GEC sold their stake. Pauljwc (talk) 21:49, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think this was to make it easier to pronounce in English-speaking countries. Biscuittin (talk) 21:11, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IIRC, Paxman also produced diesels for some British submarines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.40.251.46 (talk) 21:32, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

e.g., British U-class submarine and British V-class submarine.

Other engines

Deltic 59K and 55B engines supplied to the MOD for MCMV 213.207.162.102 (talk) 13:21, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]