List of Royal Ordnance Factories
This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories.
- Royal Arsenal Factory No 1.
- Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2.
- Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31.
- ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. 8
- , Wigan
- .
- ROF Bishopton; Explosive ROF (3 factories).
- ROF Blackburn.
- ; SAA Factory No. 20.
- ; Filling Factory No. 11.
- ROF Bridgend; Filling Factory No. 2.
- ROF Bridgwater; Explosive ROF. No. 37 (opened 1941 closed 2008)
- ROF Burghfield; Filling Factory No. 18 (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)) .
- ROF Cardiff; (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)).
- ROF Chorley; Filling Factory No. 1.
- ROF Dalmuir; .
- ROF Drigg; Explosive ROF.
- ROF Dunham on the Hill; Explosives storage depot [1]
- ROF Elstow; Filling Factory No. 16.
- ROF Fazakerley; Rifles Factory.
- ; Filling Factory No. 17.
- ROF Glascoed; Filling Factory No. 3.
- ROF Hirwaun.
- ; Explosive ROF
- ROF Kirkby; Filling Factory No. 7.
- ROF Leeds; .
- ROF Maltby; Rifles Factory.
- ; Munitions Inspection Factory.
- ROF Newport; .
- ROF Nottingham; .
- ROF Patricroft; M/C Shop .
- ROF Pembrey; Explosive ROF.
- ; .
- ; Filling Factory No. 10.
- ROF Radway Green; SAA Factory No. 13.
- ROF Ranskill; Explosive ROF.
- ROF Risley; Filling Factory No. 6.
- ROF Rotherwas, Herefordshire, Filling Factory No. 4
- ROF Ruddington, Nottinghamshire; Filling Factory No. 14.
- ROF Sellafield (later the nuclear establishment Sellafield).
- ; SAA Filling Factory.
- ; SAA Filling Factory.
- ; SAA Factory No. 21.
- ; SAA Factory No. 22.
- ROF Swynnerton; Filling Factory No. 5.
- ; .
- ROF Thorp Arch; Filling Factory No. 9.
- ROF Wrexham; Explosive ROF.
See also[]
- Filling Factories in the United Kingdom
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
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Further reading[]
- Cocroft, Wayne D., (2000). Dangerous Energy: The archaeology of gunpowder and military explosives manufacture, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 1-85074-718-0.
- Kohan, C. M., (1952). Works and Buildings: (History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Civil Series). London: HMSO & Longmans, Green and Co.
Categories:
- Government munitions production in the United Kingdom
- Filling factories
- Explosive ROFs
- Royal Ordnance Factories
- Economy of the United Kingdom-related lists
- United Kingdom military-related lists