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ROLLS-ROYCE THE MERLIN AT WAR By the same author ROLLS-ROYCE: THE GROWTH OF A FIRM ROLLS-ROYCE: THE YEARS OF ENDEAVOUR Lord Hives, C.H. ROLLS-ROYCE THE MERLIN AT WAR IAN LLOYD ISBN 978-1-349-03910-4 ISBN 978-1-349-03908-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-03908-1 © Ian Lloyd 1978 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1978 978-0-333-24016-8 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without permission First published 1978 by THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD London and Basingstoke Associated companies in Delhi Dublin Hong Kong Johannesburg Lagos Melbourne New York Singapore Tokyo British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Lloyd, Ian Rolls-Royce, the Merlin at war. 1. Rolls-Royce-History 2. Airplanes, Military Motors-History 3. Aircraft industry-& Great Britain I. Title 338.7'62'3746 HD9711.G74R/ ISBN 978-0-333-24016-8 To the memory of ERNEST HIVES Mechanic Companion of Honour Doctor of Science Peer of the Realm Defender of Freedom Contents List of Illustrations xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xvi 1 STA LEMA TE IN EUROPE 1 2 NO MERLINS FOR FRANCE 11 3 THE PACKARD MERLIN 20 4 BEAVERBROOK RAISES THE VOLTAGE 35 5 CONTRARY TO OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS 57 6 HIVES DEFENDS THE MERLIN 72 7 THE 'METEOR' TANK-ENGINE PROJECT 84 8 THE YEARS OF VICTORY, 1942-1945 116 9 CO-OPERATION WITH WHITTLE 126 10 PREPARING FOR PEACE 134 11 REFLECTIONS ON THE ROLLS-ROYCE EXPERIENCE 143 Notes 167 Index 177 List of Illustrations Frontispiece. Lord Hives, C.H. 1. The Rolls-Royce V-12 cylinder Merlin Mark 61 4 2. The Rolls-Royce X-24 cylinder vulture 8 3. Lord Beaverbrook 36 4. The Hawker Siddeley Hurricane Mark I 39 5. Sir Arthur Sidgreaves 43 6. The Rolls-Royce Prototype 40mm Cannon 59 7. A Hurricane fitted with Rolls-Royce 40mm cannon 66 8. The Merlin-engined Wellington 68 9. The Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB 73 10. The last wartime Spitfire Mark 21 75 11. The Rolls-Royce Meteor tank engine 89 12. W. A. Robotham 91 13. A Cromwell tank being inspected by Winston Churchill 108 14. The A vro Lancaster Bomber 117 15. The Rolls-Royce V-12 cylinder Griffon 119 xii List of Illustrations 16. The North American P51D Mustang with Packard Merlin 121 17. The de Havilland Mosquito Mk. IV 124 18. The Battle of Britain memorial window 141
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