Rolls-Royce Derwent

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aircraft engine turbojet engine

The Rolls-Royce Derwent is a pioneering British centrifugal-flow turbojet engine developed during World War II that powered early jet fighters such as the Gloster Meteor.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Rolls-Royce Derwent canonical 2
Rolls-Royce Derwent 5 1
Rolls-Royce Derwent 8 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine ⓘ
turbojet engine ⓘ
application fighter aircraft propulsion ⓘ
category British military aircraft engine ⓘ
World War II jet engine ⓘ
compressorType centrifugal compressor ⓘ
configuration single-spool ⓘ
coolingMethod air-cooled turbine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designGoal greater reliability for operational jet fighters ⓘ
improved thrust over Rolls-Royce Welland ⓘ
designOrganization Rolls-Royce Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ
developmentPeriod World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
enteredService 1944 ⓘ
era early jet age ⓘ
firstRunDate 1943 ⓘ
fuelType kerosene-based jet fuel ⓘ
licenseBuiltAs Klimov RD-500 NERFINISHED ⓘ
manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor pioneering British production turbojet ⓘ
powering early operational jet fighters ⓘ
notableVariant Derwent 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Derwent V NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfCompressorStages 1 ⓘ
poweredFirstOperationalRAFJet Gloster Meteor NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Rolls-Royce Welland NERFINISHED ⓘ
propulsionType centrifugal-flow turbojet ⓘ
relatedEngine Rolls-Royce Nene NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceStatus retired from front-line service ⓘ
successor Rolls-Royce Avon NERFINISHED ⓘ
thrustClass around 2,000 lbf to 3,600 lbf depending on variant ⓘ
turbineType single-stage axial turbine ⓘ
usedBy Argentine Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Air Force (via license-built versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor experimental and research aircraft ⓘ
usedInAircraft Avro 707 NERFINISHED ⓘ
FMA IAe 27 Pulqui I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gloster Meteor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Supermarine Attacker prototypes ⓘ
Yakovlev Yak-23 (license-built version) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInConflict Second World War (late stages) NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Cold War period operations ⓘ
usedInRecordAttempt Gloster Meteor speed record flights NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInRole fighter-interceptor ⓘ
trainer aircraft propulsion ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Rolls-Royce Nene engine → precededBy → Rolls-Royce Derwent ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Nene
Rolls‑Royce Welland → successor → Rolls-Royce Derwent ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Welland
Meteor F.3 → engineModel → Rolls-Royce Derwent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Derwent I
Meteor F.3 → engineModel → Rolls-Royce Derwent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Derwent II
Meteor F.4 → engineModel → Rolls-Royce Derwent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Derwent 5
Meteor F.8 → engineModel → Rolls-Royce Derwent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Derwent 8