The management of Griffon Hovercraft Ltd has been involved in the design, development, manufacture and operation of amphibious hovercraft for over 40 years.

Griffon Hovercraft Limited’s Chairman, Dr. E.W.H. Gifford, was asked by the inventor of the hovercraft, Sir Christopher Cockerell, to help set up the world’s first hovercraft operation in the early 1960s. Having subsequently operated gas-turbine powered hovercraft for some time, Dr. Gifford decided that it would be far preferable for a hovercraft to be built like a boat rather than like an aircraft, and so he formed Griffon Hovercraft Ltd (“GHL”) in 1976. The first craft were built with petrol engines but in 1984, with the increase in power of diesel engines, GHL became the first company in the world to install a diesel engine into a small to medium-sized hovercraft. Since that day, all craft have been equipped with diesel engines and GHL has invented many systems and modifications on their hovercraft (ducted propellers, skirt shift etc) which have since been copied worldwide. Griffon Hovercraft Limited has always lead the world in the design, development, manufacture and operation of these hovercraft and produces the largest range of craft available in the world today.

Griffon Hovercraft Ltd's company structure has been established to keep costs and overheads to a minimum, and this is reflected in the prices of their craft. GHL offers its customers the world's largest range of high quality craft, designed by the world's most experienced small hovercraft design team, and backed-up by an after-sales service which is second to none.