Standard Avon!

[graeme]

I was aware that Standard produced DH Mosquito during WW2, however,  I did not know that they produced Avon Jet engines under license from RR.  This one from a EE Canberra.

 

[OldBob]

On a similar note, the RB211 jet engines were something to do with Rover Car Co. in Barnoldswick I read somewhere... hence the RB

Bob

 

 

[RobH]

It seems the link to Rover is nothing to do with their participation - just that RR used their old factory site for engine production.

"Rolls-Royce came to Barnoldswick then, taking over a site that was previously occupied by the manufacturer Rover. By the 1950s Rolls-Royce had built up a workforce of more than 3,000 people."

Of course they may have employed some ex-Rover people. 

https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/nostalgia/nostalgia_history/10259257.looking-back-at-50-years-of-the-rolls-royce-social-club-in-barnoldswick/

[RogerH]

Indeed RR moved in the Rover building in 1940 as their previous site was constantly under threat by the Hun.

The RB  (211) designation was to reduce confusion over existing engine and aircraft numbering   RB = Rolls Barnoldswick

No many people know this 

Roger

[Mick Forey]

The UK government asked Rover to take over the development of the gas turbine from Power Jets (Frank Whittle), as progress was too slow.

"In 1942, Rover exchanged their jet engine factory in Barnoldswick, Lancashire for the Rolls-Royce Meteor tank engine factory in Nottingham in exchange for Rolls-Royce taking control of the W.2 project." Legend has it that the deal was done in the pub just outside the Barnoldswick site, literally signed on a beer mat. The logic was the RR "knew more about engines that flew whilst Rover knew more about things that grubbed around on the ground."

Mick

[OldBob]

15 hours ago, Mick Forey said:

The UK government asked Rover to take over the development of the gas turbine from Power Jets (Frank Whittle), as progress was too slow.

"In 1942, Rover exchanged their jet engine factory in Barnoldswick, Lancashire for the Rolls-Royce Meteor tank engine factory in Nottingham in exchange for Rolls-Royce taking control of the W.2 project." Legend has it that the deal was done in the pub just outside the Barnoldswick site, literally signed on a beer mat. The logic was the RR "knew more about engines that flew whilst Rover knew more about things that grubbed around on the ground."

Mick

Thanks Mick, explains the connections between RR & Rover.

Edited November 4 by OldBob