The development and production of the Merlin was in large part down to Rolls-Royce chairman Ernest Hives. Now Derby historians have come together to highlight his contribution to winning the war.

Using experience from the high-output, liquid-cooled engines of the 1920s and '30s, which the organization helped pioneer, Rolls-Royce began design of the famous Merlin in 1933. Following its similar ...

On 27 July 1942 a lone German aircraft dropped four bombs on the vital Rolls-Royce Merlin engine factory, killing 23 people. It was Derby's most lethal air raid and took took air defences and ...

Formed in 1906 to produce automobiles, Rolls-Royce was asked to begin designing and building aircraft engines at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Design of the Merlin began in 1933 following the ...

It was Rolls-Royce that designed, without government funding, the 27 litre V12 Merlin aircraft engine. Merlin powered Avro Lancasters and Supermarine Spitfires were instrumental in preserving the ...

During World War II, Rolls-Royce produced the Merlin engine, used in the famous Spitfire fighter planes. The rear doors of modern Rolls-Royce models, known as suicide doors, open in the opposite ...

Each of the dozen Aeroboats to be built will pack a reconditioned, marinized, fuel-injected Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 engine – the same 27-liter powerplant that propelled the Spitfire. With 1,100 ...

This meant that the Spitfires were able to engage enemy planes before they reached their targets. The Rolls Royce Merlin engine is one of the most evocative sounds of the War.

The best-known version, the HA-1112-M1L Buchon, made its maiden flight on March 29, 1954. Equipped with a Rolls-Royce Merlin ...

In the 1930s, Rolls-Royce had developed one of the finest pieces of engineering ever conceived: the Merlin engine. Planners knew they had something special in the supercharged V-12 engine ...

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