Rolls-Royce Limited

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aero engine manufacturer automobile manufacturer engineering company

Rolls-Royce Limited was a British engineering company renowned for producing luxury automobiles and pioneering aero engines that became crucial to Allied air power in the World Wars.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Rolls-Royce	36
Rolls-Royce Limited canonical	30
Rolls-Royce plc	12
Rolls-Royce Holdings	3
Rolls-Royce automobiles	2
Rolls‑Royce	2
Rolls-Royce Limited aero-engine business	1
Rolls-Royce Limited engineering business	1
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars	1
Rolls-Royce automobile	1
Rolls-Royce board of directors	1
Rolls-Royce plc headquarters	1
Rolls‑Royce Limited	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aero engine manufacturer ⓘ automobile manufacturer ⓘ engineering company ⓘ
brandReputation	engineering excellence ⓘ luxury ⓘ
contributedTo	Allied air power in World War II ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
developed	V-12 piston aero engines ⓘ early turbojet engines ⓘ turbofan engines ⓘ
dissolutionDate	1971-02-04 ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
fate	nationalisation ⓘ
founder	Charles Rolls ⓘ Henry Royce ⓘ
foundingDate	1906-03-15 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Derby ⓘ England ⓘ
industry	aerospace industry ⓘ automotive industry ⓘ
introduced	Silver Ghost in 1907 ⓘ
keyPerson	Ernest Hives ⓘ Roy Fedden ⓘ
motto	The Best Car in the World ⓘ
notableFor	high reliability of engines ⓘ refined ride quality of cars ⓘ
notableProduct	Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ Rolls-Royce Conway engine ⓘ Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII V-12 piston engine ⓘ surface form: Rolls-Royce Eagle engine Rolls-Royce Griffon ⓘ surface form: Rolls-Royce Griffon engine Rolls-Royce Merlin ⓘ surface form: Rolls-Royce Merlin engine Rolls-Royce Nene engine ⓘ Rolls-Royce Phantom I ⓘ Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ surface form: Rolls-Royce RB211 engine Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost ⓘ
notableWork	development of Merlin engine for Avro Lancaster ⓘ development of Merlin engine for Hawker Hurricane ⓘ development of Merlin engine for Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
parentOrganization	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government
product	aero engines ⓘ luxury automobiles ⓘ
registeredOfficeLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
roleIn	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
stockExchangeListing	London Stock Exchange ⓘ
successor	Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited ⓘ Rolls-Royce Motors ⓘ

Referenced by (92)

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

Rolls-Royce Merlin → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

Derby, Derbyshire, England → hasMajorEmployer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce plc

Rolls-Royce Griffon → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

Supermarine → spitfireEngineSupplier → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

BMW → ownsBrand → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

Eurojet EJ200 → programPartners → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

PV-12 → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

Packard V-1650 → designOrigin → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

Bentley → acquiredBy → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

Bentley → competitor → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Airbus A350 → engineManufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Embraer ERJ 145 → engineManufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls‑Royce

Derby → knownFor → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce plc headquarters

Derby → hasMajorEmployer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce plc

Precision Castparts → keyCustomer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Holdings

Rolls-Royce XG-40 → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce XG-40 → developedBy → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce plc

MTU Aero Engines → collaboratesWith → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Ogilvy & Mather → notableClient → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

ITP Aero → collaboratesWith → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines → reactorSupplier → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce RB211 → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce plc

Rolls-Royce LiftSystem (F-35B integration) → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

subject surface form: Rolls-Royce LiftSystem

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Allison T56 turboprop → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

subject surface form: Allison T56

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce plc

Airbus Voyager → engineManufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Europrop International TP400-D6 → consortiumMember → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Dreadnought-class submarine → designPartner → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Pegasus turbofan → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Pegasus

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Pegasus turbofan → acquiredBy → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Pegasus

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Adour turbofan → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Adour

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Adour turbofan → developedBy → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Adour

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Eagle → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

Grand Theft Auto (1977 film) → featuresVehicle → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII V-12 piston engine → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII

Charles Rolls → coFounderOf → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

Rolls-Royce Motors → product → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce automobiles

Rolls-Royce Motors → predecessor → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

Rolls-Royce Motors → brand → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Motors → separatedFrom → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Limited aero-engine business

Rolls-Royce Motors → sharesBrandNameWith → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce plc

Silver Ghost in 1907 → manufacturer → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

Silver Ghost in 1907 → brand → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

The Best Car in the World → associatedWith → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

The Best Car in the World → usedByBrand → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce

The Best Car in the World → refersTo → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce automobiles

Rolls-Royce Kestrel (design experience) → developedBy → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited → predecessor → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited → continuedBusinessOf → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Limited engineering business

Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited → hasSuccessor → Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce plc