Rolls‑Royce Welland

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The Rolls‑Royce Welland was the first British production jet engine, powering early Royal Air Force jet fighters during World War II.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Rolls-Royce Welland 5
Rolls-Royce Clyde 1
Rolls-Royce Welland I 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine ⓘ
turbojet engine ⓘ
application fighter aircraft ⓘ
basedOn Power Jets W.2B ⓘ
compressorType single-stage centrifugal compressor ⓘ
configuration straight-through flow ⓘ
coolingMethod air-cooled turbine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designer Frank Whittle ⓘ
developmentFrom Power Jets W.2 ⓘ
linked to: Power Jets W.2B
engineType centrifugal-flow turbojet ⓘ
era 1940s ⓘ
firstFlightUse World War II ⓘ
fuelType aviation kerosene ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the earliest operational jet engines ⓘ
introducedFor early RAF jet fighters ⓘ
isFirst first British production jet engine ⓘ
manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ
notableUse Gloster Meteor ⓘ
operator United Kingdom ⓘ
productionStatus out of production ⓘ
serviceEntry 1944 ⓘ
successor Rolls-Royce Derwent ⓘ
thrustClass about 7 kN ⓘ
turbineType single-stage axial turbine ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
usedFor experimental jet operations ⓘ
operational jet fighter service ⓘ
usedInAircraft Gloster Meteor F.1 ⓘ
linked to: Gloster Meteor
usedInConflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Gloster Meteor → engineModelUsed → Rolls‑Royce Welland ⓘ
Gloster Meteor → engineModelUsed → Rolls‑Royce Derwent ⓘ
linked to: Rolls‑Royce Welland
Rolls-Royce Derwent → predecessor → Rolls-Royce Welland ⓘ
linked to: Rolls‑Royce Welland
Whittle W.1 → influenced → Rolls-Royce Welland ⓘ
subject linked to: Whittle W.1 turbojet engine
linked to: Rolls‑Royce Welland
Rolls-Royce Dart → developedFrom → Rolls-Royce Clyde ⓘ
linked to: Rolls‑Royce Welland
Rolls-Royce Derwent → derivedFrom → Rolls-Royce Welland ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Derwent turbojet
linked to: Rolls‑Royce Welland
Power Jets W.2B → formedBasisFor → Rolls-Royce Welland ⓘ
linked to: Rolls‑Royce Welland
Power Jets W.2B → successor → Rolls-Royce Welland ⓘ
linked to: Rolls‑Royce Welland
Rolls-Royce Welland → alsoKnownAs → Rolls-Royce Welland I ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Welland turbojet
linked to: Rolls‑Royce Welland