Rolls-Royce Derwent

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aircraft engine turbojet engine

The Rolls-Royce Derwent is a pioneering British centrifugal-flow turbojet engine developed during World War II that powered early jet fighters such as the Gloster Meteor.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Rolls-Royce Derwent canonical	3
Rolls-Royce Derwent 5	1
Rolls-Royce Derwent 8	1
Rolls-Royce Derwent I	1
Rolls-Royce Derwent II	1
Rolls-Royce W.2B/23	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5908867 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rolls-Royce Derwent
Context triple: [Rolls-Royce Nene, precededBy, Rolls-Royce Derwent]

A. Rolls-Royce Kestrel
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.
B. Rolls-Royce XG-40
The Rolls-Royce XG-40 was an experimental British low-bypass turbofan engine program that served as the technological basis for the later Eurojet EJ200 fighter aircraft engine.
C. Rolls-Royce Eagle
The Rolls-Royce Eagle was a pioneering British liquid-cooled V12 aircraft engine of World War I, widely used to power frontline bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.
D. Rolls-Royce Condor
The Rolls-Royce Condor was a powerful British V12 aircraft piston engine developed in the early 20th century and used in large bombers and airliners of the interwar period.
E. Rolls-Royce Corniche
The Rolls-Royce Corniche is a luxury grand tourer, produced in coupe and convertible forms, renowned for its opulent craftsmanship and smooth, refined performance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rolls-Royce Derwent
Target entity description: The Rolls-Royce Derwent is a pioneering British centrifugal-flow turbojet engine developed during World War II that powered early jet fighters such as the Gloster Meteor.

A. Rolls-Royce Kestrel
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.
B. Rolls-Royce XG-40
The Rolls-Royce XG-40 was an experimental British low-bypass turbofan engine program that served as the technological basis for the later Eurojet EJ200 fighter aircraft engine.
C. Rolls-Royce Eagle
The Rolls-Royce Eagle was a pioneering British liquid-cooled V12 aircraft engine of World War I, widely used to power frontline bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.
D. Rolls-Royce Condor
The Rolls-Royce Condor was a powerful British V12 aircraft piston engine developed in the early 20th century and used in large bombers and airliners of the interwar period.
E. Rolls-Royce Corniche
The Rolls-Royce Corniche is a luxury grand tourer, produced in coupe and convertible forms, renowned for its opulent craftsmanship and smooth, refined performance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft engine ⓘ turbojet engine ⓘ
application	fighter aircraft propulsion ⓘ
category	British military aircraft engine ⓘ World War II jet engine ⓘ
compressorType	centrifugal compressor ⓘ
configuration	single-spool ⓘ
coolingMethod	air-cooled turbine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
designGoal	greater reliability for operational jet fighters ⓘ improved thrust over Rolls-Royce Welland ⓘ
designOrganization	Rolls-Royce Derby ⓘ
developmentPeriod	World War II ⓘ
enteredService	1944 ⓘ
era	early jet age ⓘ
firstRunDate	1943 ⓘ
fuelType	kerosene-based jet fuel ⓘ
licenseBuiltAs	Klimov RD-500 ⓘ linked to: Klimov RD-45
manufacturer	Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ
notableFor	pioneering British production turbojet ⓘ powering early operational jet fighters ⓘ
notableVariant	Derwent 8 ⓘ Derwent V ⓘ
numberOfCompressorStages	1 ⓘ
poweredFirstOperationalRAFJet	Gloster Meteor ⓘ
predecessor	Rolls-Royce Welland ⓘ linked to: Rolls‑Royce Welland
propulsionType	centrifugal-flow turbojet ⓘ
relatedEngine	Rolls-Royce Nene ⓘ linked to: Rolls-Royce Nene engine
serviceStatus	retired from front-line service ⓘ
successor	Rolls-Royce Avon ⓘ linked to: Rolls-Royce Avon engine
thrustClass	around 2,000 lbf to 3,600 lbf depending on variant ⓘ
turbineType	single-stage axial turbine ⓘ
usedBy	Argentine Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Soviet Air Force (via license-built versions) ⓘ linked to: Soviet Air Forces
usedFor	experimental and research aircraft ⓘ
usedInAircraft	Avro 707 ⓘ FMA IAe 27 Pulqui I ⓘ linked to: Pulqui II jet fighter Gloster Meteor ⓘ Supermarine Attacker prototypes ⓘ Yakovlev Yak-23 (license-built version) ⓘ linked to: Yakovlev Yak-23
usedInConflict	Second World War (late stages) ⓘ linked to: World War II early Cold War period operations ⓘ
usedInRecordAttempt	Gloster Meteor speed record flights ⓘ linked to: Gloster Meteor
usedInRole	fighter-interceptor ⓘ trainer aircraft propulsion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Rolls-Royce Nene → precededBy → Rolls-Royce Derwent ⓘ

subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Nene engine

Rolls-Royce Welland → successor → Rolls-Royce Derwent ⓘ

subject linked to: Rolls‑Royce Welland

Meteor F.3 → engineModel → Rolls-Royce Derwent I ⓘ