Rolls-Royce Kestrel

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The Rolls-Royce Kestrel is a British liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft engine widely used in the interwar period and known for powering many early Hawker biplanes and other RAF aircraft.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf V-12 engine ⓘ
aircraft engine ⓘ
liquid-cooled piston engine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rolls-Royce F.XI ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
application fighter aircraft ⓘ
light bombers ⓘ
trainers ⓘ
bore 5 inches ⓘ
configuration 60-degree V-12 ⓘ
coolingSystem liquid-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
cylinderArrangement V ⓘ
cylinderCount 12 ⓘ
designInfluenceOn Rolls-Royce Goshawk ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Merlin ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Peregrine ⓘ
displacement about 21 litres ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
family Rolls-Royce F-series engines ⓘ
firstRunDate 1927 ⓘ
fuelType aviation gasoline ⓘ
introduced late 1920s ⓘ
manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ
notableFeature evaporative cooling used in some variants ⓘ
integrated reduction gear in some versions ⓘ
notableUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
poweredAircraft Avro Anson prototype ⓘ
Fokker D.XVII (test installations) ⓘ
Hawker Audax ⓘ
Hawker Demon ⓘ
Hawker Fury ⓘ
Hawker Hart ⓘ
Hawker Hector ⓘ
Hawker Hind ⓘ
Hawker Osprey ⓘ
Heinkel He 112 (early prototypes) ⓘ
linked to: Heinkel He 112

Heinkel He 70 (export engines) ⓘ
linked to: Heinkel He 70

Messerschmitt Bf 109 V1 prototype ⓘ
PZL P.24 (test installations) ⓘ
Supermarine Southampton (later variants) ⓘ
powerOutputRange around 450–600 horsepower ⓘ
status obsolete ⓘ
stroke 5.5 inches ⓘ
supercharging single-stage supercharger ⓘ
usedBy Finland ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
usedInConflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

Spanish Civil War ⓘ
valvetrain single overhead camshaft per bank ⓘ

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

Hawker Hart → engineType → Rolls-Royce Kestrel ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Eagle → successor → Rolls-Royce Kestrel ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII → successor → Rolls-Royce Kestrel ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Kestrel → alsoKnownAs → Rolls-Royce F.XI ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
Fury Mk I → engineModel → Rolls‑Royce Kestrel ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
Rolls-Royce Condor → successor → Rolls-Royce Kestrel (in some roles) ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
Rolls-Royce Eagle engine family → successor → Rolls-Royce Kestrel ⓘ
Rolls-Royce PV-12 → relatedEngine → Rolls-Royce Kestrel ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls-Royce PV-12 engine
Hawker Hind → typicalEngine → Rolls-Royce Kestrel ⓘ
Hawker Audax → powerplant → Rolls‑Royce Kestrel ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
Fairey Hendon → powerplant → Rolls‑Royce Kestrel ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
Handley Page Heyford → engineType → Rolls‑Royce Kestrel ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
Hawker Demon → engineType → Rolls-Royce Kestrel ⓘ
PZL P.24 (test installations) → engineTypeTested → Rolls‑Royce Kestrel ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
PZL P.24 (test installations) → relatedTo → Rolls‑Royce Kestrel ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
Messerschmitt Bf 109 V1 prototype → engineType → Rolls-Royce Kestrel V ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
Rolls-Royce Peregrine → derivedFrom → Rolls-Royce Kestrel ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Peregrine → technologyLineage → Rolls-Royce Kestrel family ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel