The Handley Page HP111 was a transport based on the Victor which the Air Staff wanted but the government cancelled it two weeks before a general election and ordered the Belfast. Northern Ireland had high unemployment!
The HP111 had a double deck was capable of carrying 200 troops using both decks and cargo of to 24 tons could be carried on the lower deck which could be lowered to the ground for loading. It was 200 MPH faster than the Belfast and had a range of 3300 miles and the ability to land on 1000 yard grass strips! This undoubtably was another factor that caused Handley Page to collapse. These facts are from “Handley Page A History” by Alan Dowsett
printed by Tempus.
Ray

Thankyou very much super sioux, that is exactly what I was looking for! The HP.111 was, to the best of my knowledge a new fuselage with a highly modified wing, the ling with the Victor seems tenuous, probably to the same extent that humans and monkeys are related???:confused: