- For the present day company see Rolls-Royce plc. Rolls-Royce plc ( is a British Aircraft engine maker and the second-largest in the world behind GE Aviation. For other uses, see Rolls-Royce (disambiguation).
| Rolls-Royce Limited | |
|---|---|
| Fate | Nationalised / split in 1973 |
| Successor | Rolls-Royce plc (1987) Rolls-Royce Motors (1973) demerged |
| Founded | 1906 by Charles Rolls and Henry Royce |
| Defunct | 1987 |
| Location |  England, UK |
Rolls-Royce Limited was a British car and, from 1914, aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and Charles Stewart Rolls on 15 March 1906 and was the result of a partnership formed in 1904. Rolls-Royce plc ( is a British Aircraft engine maker and the second-largest in the world behind GE Aviation. Rolls-Royce Motors was created from the demerger of the Rolls-Royce car business from Rolls-Royce Limited in 1973 The Honourable Charles Stewart Rolls ( August 27, 1877 - July 12, 1910) was together with Frederick Henry Sir Frederick Henry Royce 1st Baronet, OBE (27 March 1863 - 22 April 1933 was a pioneering car manufacturer who with Charles Stewart Rolls founded the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Sir Frederick Henry Royce 1st Baronet, OBE (27 March 1863 - 22 April 1933 was a pioneering car manufacturer who with Charles Stewart Rolls founded the The Honourable Charles Stewart Rolls ( August 27, 1877 - July 12, 1910) was together with Frederick Henry Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting In 1971, Rolls-Royce was crippled by the development of the advanced RB211 jet engine, resulting in the nationalisation of the company. The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a family of high-bypass Turbofan engines made by Rolls-Royce plc and capable of generating 37400 to 60600 pounds-force (166 In 1973, the car division was separated from Rolls-Royce Limited as Rolls-Royce Motors. Rolls-Royce Motors was created from the demerger of the Rolls-Royce car business from Rolls-Royce Limited in 1973 Rolls-Royce Limited continued as a nationalised company until it was privatised in 1987 as Rolls-Royce plc. Rolls-Royce plc ( is a British Aircraft engine maker and the second-largest in the world behind GE Aviation.
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History
In 1884, Frederick Henry Royce started an electrical and mechanical business. Sir Frederick Henry Royce 1st Baronet, OBE (27 March 1863 - 22 April 1933 was a pioneering car manufacturer who with Charles Stewart Rolls founded the He made his first car, a "Royce", in his Manchester factory in 1904. He was introduced to Charles Stewart Rolls at the Midland Hotel in Manchester on May 4 of that year, and the pair agreed to a deal where Royce would manufacture cars, to be sold exclusively by Rolls. The Honourable Charles Stewart Rolls ( August 27, 1877 - July 12, 1910) was together with Frederick Henry The Midland Manchester is a 303 bedroom grand hotel situated in the centre of Manchester, England. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV A clause was added to the contract stipulating the cars would be called "Rolls-Royce". The company was formed on March 15, 1906, and moved to Derby in 1908. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Derby (pronounced "dar-bee" /dˈɑːbɪ/ is a city in the East Midlands of England.
The Silver Ghost (1906-1925) was responsible for the company's early reputation. The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost refers both to a car model and to one specific car from that series It had a 6-cylinder engine; 6,173 cars were built. In 1921, the company opened a second factory in Springfield, Massachusetts in the United States (to help meet demand), where a further 1,701 "Springfield Ghosts" were built. Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This factory operated for 10 years, closing in 1931. Its chassis was used as a basis for the first British armoured car used in both world wars. The Rolls-Royce armoured car was a British armoured car developed in 1914 and used in World War I and in the early part of World War II. A world war is a War affecting the majority of the world's most powerful and populous nations
In 1931, the company acquired rival car maker Bentley, whose finances were unable to weather the Great Depression. Bentley Motors Limited is an English manufacturer of luxury Automobiles and Grand Tourers Bentley Motors was founded in England From then until 2002, Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars were often identical apart from the radiator grille and minor details.
In 1933, the colour of the Rolls-Royce radiator monogram was changed from red to black because the red sometimes clashed with the coachwork colour selected by clients, and not as a mark of respect for the passing of Royce as is commonly stated.
Rolls-Royce and Bentley car production moved to Crewe in 1946, and also to Mulliner Park Ward, London, in 1959, as the company started to build bodies for its cars for the first time: previously it had built only the chassis, leaving the bodies to specialist coachbuilders. Crewe is a town in Cheshire, England, the largest town in the borough of Crewe and Nantwich, in which it is the only Unparished area. Mulliner Park Ward was a Coachbuilder based in London UK The company produced Rolls-Royce Motor cars including the Rolls-Royce Phantom and the Rolls-Royce London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
Cars
- 1904-1906 10 hp
- 1905-1905 15 hp
- 1905-1908 20 hp
- 1905-1906 30 hp
- 1905-1906 V-8
- 1906-1925 40/50 Silver Ghost
- 1922-1929 Twenty
- 1925-1929 40/50 Phantom
- 1929-1936 20/25
- 1929-1935 Phantom II
- 1936-1938 25/30
- 1936-1939 Phantom III
- 1939-1939 Wraith
- 1946-1959 Silver Wraith
- 1949-1955 Silver Dawn
- 1950-1956 Phantom IV
- 1955-1965 Silver Cloud
- 1959-1968 Phantom V
- 1968-1992 Phantom VI
- 1965-1980 Silver Shadow
Bentley Models (from 1933)
- 1933-1937 Bentley 3½ L
- 1936-1939 Bentley 4¼ L
- 1939-1941 Bentley Mark V
Aero engines
- See also: Rolls-Royce Aircraft Piston Engines
The company's first aero engine was the Eagle, built from 1914. The Rolls-Royce 10 hp was the first car produced by Rolls-Royce and introduced in 1904 at the formation on the company The Rolls-Royce 15 hp is an early car model produced by Rolls-Royce at their Manchester works and made only in 1905 The Rolls-Royce 20 hp is an early car model produced by Rolls-Royce at their Manchester works and made in 1905 and 1906 The Rolls-Royce 30 hp is an early car model produced by Rolls-Royce at their Manchester works and made in 1905 and 1906 The Rolls-Royce V-8 was a car produced by Rolls-Royce in 1905 intended to compete with the then popular Electric cars used in towns The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost refers both to a car model and to one specific car from that series The Rolls-Royce Twenty built between 1922 and 1929 was Rolls-Royce's "small car" for the 1920s and was produced alongside the 40/50 Silver Ghost and Phantom The Phantom was Rolls-Royce 's replacement for the original Silver Ghost. The Rolls-Royce 20/25 built between 1929 and 1936 succeeded the 20hp as Rolls-Royce's "small car" The Phantom II replaced the New Phantom in Rolls-Royce 's offerings in 1929 The Rolls-Royce 25/30 built between 1936 and 1938 is an updated version of the 20/25 with larger engine to provide more power as often over-large bodies had been fitted to the earlier The Rolls-Royce Phantom III was the final large pre-war Rolls-Royce. The Rolls-Royce Wraith was built by Rolls-Royce at their Derby factory from 1938 to 1939 and supplied to independent Coachbuilders as a running chassis The Silver Wraith was the first post-war Rolls-Royce model and was made at the Crewe factory from 1946 to 1959 See also the 1994–1998 Silver Dawn The Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn is a car that was produced by Rolls-Royce at their Crewe works between See also Rolls-Royce Phantom for other models sharing this name The Phantom IV was the most exclusive Rolls-Royce model ever built See also Rolls-Royce Phantom for other models sharing this name The Phantom V was an ultra-exclusive Rolls-Royce model from the 1960s See also Rolls-Royce Phantom for other models sharing this name The Phantom VI was an ultra-exclusive Rolls-Royce model produced The 3½ Litre (and later 4¼ Litre) was the first Bentley to be developed by new owner Rolls-Royce. The 3½ Litre (and later 4¼ Litre) was the first Bentley to be developed by new owner Rolls-Royce. The Mark V was Rolls-Royce 's second Bentley model Released in 1939 it had much in common to Rolls' models including a new-generation Straight-6 engine Rolls-Royce plc ( is a British Aircraft engine maker and the second-largest in the world behind GE Aviation. Rolls Royce produced a number of piston engines for aircraft use in the first half of the 20th Century WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Around half the aircraft engines used by the Allies in World War I were made by Rolls-Royce. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All By the late 1920s, aero engines made up most of Rolls-Royce's business.
Henry Royce's last design was the Merlin aero engine, which came out in 1935, although he had died in 1933. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This was developed after the R engine, which had powered a record-breaking Supermarine S.6B seaplane to almost 400 mph in the 1931 Schneider Trophy. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer that become famous for producing a range of sea planes and the legendary Supermarine Spitfire fighter The Supermarine S6B was a racing seaplane developed by Reginald Mitchell for the Supermarine company in order to win the Schneider Trophy in 1931 The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider " (commonly called Schneider Trophy, or prize or cup was a prize competition for Seaplanes Announced by The Merlin was a powerful V12 engine and was fitted into many World War II aircraft: the British Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, de Havilland Mosquito (two-engine), Avro Lancaster (four-engine), Vickers Wellington (two-engine); it also transformed the American P-51 Mustang into possibly the best fighter of its time, its Merlin engine built by Packard under licence. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout "Lanc" redirects here Distinguish from Lank (adjective and from Amon Lanc (a place in Tolkien's fiction WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Packard was an American luxury Automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation Over 160,000 Merlin engines were produced. The Merlin crossed over into military vehicle use as the Meteor powering the Centurion tank among others. The Rolls-Royce Meteor (also sometimes known as the Rover Meteor) was a British Tank engine developed from the Rolls-Royce Merlin The Centurion was the primary British Main Battle Tank of the immediate post-war era and has proven itself be a successful tank design mainly due to its thick
Rolls-Royce came into jet turbines through an exchange of assets with Rover and in the post-World War II period Rolls-Royce made significant advances in gas turbine engine design and manufacture. ROVER, which stands for Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver is a system which allows ground forces such as Forward Air Controllers (FAC to see what an aircraft or World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a rotary Engine that extracts energy from a flow of Combustion gas The Dart and Tyne turboprop engines were particularly important, enabling airlines to cut times for shorter journeys whilst jet airliners were introduced on longer services. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A turboprop engine is a type of aircraft powerplant that uses a Gas turbine engine to drive a Propeller. An airline provides air transport services for Passengers or Freight, generally with a recognized operating certificate or license A jet aircraft is an Aircraft propelled by Jet engines Jet aircraft fly much faster than Propeller -powered aircraft and at higher altitudes -- as high as An airliner is a large Fixed-wing aircraft with the primary function of transporting paying passengers The Dart engine was used in Argosy, Avro 748, Friendship, Herald and Viscount aircraft, whilst the more powerful Tyne powered the Atlantique, C-160 and Vanguard, and the SR-N4 hovercraft. The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy was a British post-war military transport/cargo aircraft and was the last aircraft produced by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Handley Page Dart Herald was a 1950s British Turboprop passenger aircraft WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Mountbatten class Hovercraft or SR-N4 (Saunders Roe Nautical 4 was built by the British Hovercraft Corporation (BHC A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV is an Amphibious vehicle or craft, designed to travel over any sufficiently smooth surface supported by Many of these turboprops are still in service.
Amongst the jet engines of this period was the RB163 Spey, which powers the Hawker Siddeley Trident, BAC One-Eleven, Grumman Gulfstream II and Fokker F28. specific --->A jet engine is a Reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet of Fluid to The Trident, model DH121 or HS121, was a British short/medium-range three-engined Airliner designed by De Havilland WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
During the late 1950s and 1960s there was a significant rationalisation of all aspects of British aerospace and this included aero-engine manufacturers, culminating in the merger of Rolls-Royce and Bristol Siddeley in 1966 (Bristol Siddeley had itself resulted from the merger of Armstrong Siddeley and Bristol in 1959). Bristol Siddeley was a British aero-engine manufacturer formed in 1959 from the merger of Bristol Aero Engines and Armstrong Siddeley Motors. Armstrong Siddeley was a British engineering group that operated during the first half of the 20th century The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally British and Colonial Aeroplane Company was a major British aviation company Bristol Siddeley, with its principal factory at Filton, near Bristol, had a strong base in military engines, including the Olympus, Viper, Pegasus and Orpheus. Filton is a town in South Gloucestershire, England, situated on the northern outskirts of the city of Bristol, about 4 Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Design and development The engine had its genesis in a 1952 request by Folland for an engine in the 5000 lbf class to power a new trainer and lightweight fighter-bomber They also manufactured the Olympus 593 Mk610 for Concorde. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
Diesel engines
Rolls-Royce started to produce diesel engines in 1951. A diesel engine is an Internal combustion engine which operates using the Diesel cycle (named after Dr Initially, these were intended for heavy tractors and earth-movers but, later, they were installed in lorries (e. g. Scammell), railcars, diesel multiple units and Sentinel shunting locomotives. Scammell Lorries Limited was a British manufacturer of Trucks particularly specialist and military off-highway vehicles from 1921 to 1988 A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway Vehicle designed to Transport passengers A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a Multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board Diesel Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd was a British company based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire that made steam powered lorries ("road locomotives" The railcar engines were often used with Twin Disc torque converters which were built by Rolls-Royce under licence from the Twin Disc Clutch Company of the USA. A torque converter is a modified form of Fluid coupling that is used to transfer rotating power from a prime mover, such as an Internal combustion engine Rolls-Royce took over Sentinel's Shrewsbury factory for diesel engine production in 1956. Shrewsbury ( /ˈʃruːzbri/ or /ˈʃroʊzbri/ is the County town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England
Nationalisation
Financial problems caused largely by development of the new RB211 turbofan engine led — after several cash subsidies — to the company being nationalised by the Heath government in 1971. The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a family of high-bypass Turbofan engines made by Rolls-Royce plc and capable of generating 37400 to 60600 pounds-force (166 A turbofan is a type of Jet engine, similar to a Turbojet. It essentially consists of a Ducted fan with a smaller diameter turbojet engine Nationalization, also spelled nationalisation, is the act of taking an industry or assets into the Public ownership of a national government Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 &ndash 17 July 2005 often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Delay in production of the RB211 engine has been blamed for the failure of the technically advanced Lockheed TriStar, which was beaten to launch by its chief competitor, the Douglas DC-10. The Lockheed Corporation (originally Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company was an American aerospace company founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American Aerospace manufacturer, based in Long Beach California. )
In 1973 the automobile business was spun off as a separate entity, Rolls-Royce Motors. Rolls-Royce Motors was created from the demerger of the Rolls-Royce car business from Rolls-Royce Limited in 1973 The main business of aircraft and marine engines remained in public ownership until 1987, when it was privatised as Rolls-Royce plc, one of many privatisations of the Thatcher government. Rolls-Royce plc ( is a British Aircraft engine maker and the second-largest in the world behind GE Aviation. Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of business from the Public sector (government to the Private sector (business Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925
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