Bristol Hercules

E166247

air-cooled engine aircraft engine radial engine sleeve-valve engine

The Bristol Hercules was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and transport aircraft.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bristol Hercules canonical	7
Bristol Hercules XVI	2
Bristol Hercules VI	1
Bristol Hercules XVII	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air-cooled engine ⓘ aircraft engine ⓘ radial engine ⓘ sleeve-valve engine ⓘ
application	civil aviation (postwar) ⓘ military aviation ⓘ
configuration	14-cylinder two-row radial ⓘ
coolingSystem	air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
designer	Roy Fedden ⓘ
developedFrom	Bristol Perseus ⓘ
era	World War II era ⓘ
firstRunDate	1939 ⓘ
fuelType	aviation gasoline ⓘ
historicalSignificance	one of the most widely used British radial engines of World War II ⓘ
manufacturer	Bristol Aeroplane Company ⓘ
notableFeature	good reliability in service ⓘ high power-to-weight ratio for its time ⓘ
notableVariant	Bristol Hercules self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bristol Hercules VI Bristol Hercules self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bristol Hercules XVI Bristol Hercules self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bristol Hercules XVII
productionPeriod	1940s ⓘ
role	powerplant for medium and heavy aircraft ⓘ
successor	Bristol Centaurus ⓘ
technology	sleeve-valve radial technology ⓘ
usedBy	French Air Force ⓘ surface form: French Air Force (postwar) Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
usedInAircraft	Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle ⓘ Avro Lancaster ⓘ surface form: Avro Lancaster (some variants) Bristol Beaufighter ⓘ Bristol Freighter ⓘ Handley Page Halifax ⓘ Handley Page Hastings aircraft ⓘ surface form: Handley Page Hastings SNCASO SO.30 Bretagne ⓘ SNCASO SO.30 Bretagne ⓘ surface form: SNCASO SO.30P Bretagne airliner Short Stirling ⓘ Vickers Valetta ⓘ Vickers Wellington ⓘ
usedInAircraftType	bomber aircraft ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ
usedInConflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
usedInRole	maritime patrol (in some variants) ⓘ night fighter (in Beaufighter) ⓘ training aircraft (postwar conversions) ⓘ transport and cargo operations ⓘ
valveType	sleeve valve ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Handley Page Halifax → powerplant → Bristol Hercules ⓘ

Short Stirling → engineModel → Bristol Hercules ⓘ

Halifax Mk III → engineModel → Bristol Hercules ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bristol Hercules XVI

Bristol Hercules → notableVariant → Bristol Hercules self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bristol Hercules VI

Bristol Hercules → notableVariant → Bristol Hercules self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bristol Hercules XVI

Bristol Hercules → notableVariant → Bristol Hercules self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bristol Hercules XVII

Bristol Pegasus radial engine → successor → Bristol Hercules ⓘ

subject surface form: Bristol Pegasus

Bristol Centaurus → successorTo → Bristol Hercules ⓘ

Bristol Aeroplane Company → notableProduct → Bristol Hercules ⓘ

Bristol Mercury radial engine → successor → Bristol Hercules ⓘ

subject surface form: Bristol Mercury

Short Solent → engineModel → Bristol Hercules ⓘ