Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop

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gas-turbine engine turboprop engine

The Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop is a British medium-power gas-turbine engine widely used in military and maritime patrol aircraft for its reliability and efficiency.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop canonical	2
Rolls-Royce RB.109 Tyne	1
Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop engine	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10703770 — 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 Tyne turboprop
Context triple: [Breguet Atlantique 2, powerplant, Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop]

A. Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engine
The Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engine is a pioneering post‑World War II British aircraft engine renowned for its reliability and widespread use in early regional airliners.
B. Bristol Siddeley Pegasus
The Bristol Siddeley Pegasus is a British turbofan aircraft engine renowned for enabling vertical and short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) in aircraft such as the Harrier jump jet through its vectored-thrust design.
C. Rolls-Royce Avon engine
The Rolls-Royce Avon engine is a pioneering British axial-flow turbojet developed in the late 1940s that powered numerous military and civilian aircraft, including early jet airliners and fighters.
D. Rolls-Royce RB.168
The Rolls-Royce RB.168, better known as the Pegasus, is a British turbofan jet engine renowned for providing vectored thrust to power V/STOL aircraft such as the Harrier jump jet.
E. Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
The Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan is a British low-bypass jet engine widely used from the 1960s in both military and civilian aircraft for its reliability and compact, efficient design.
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 Tyne turboprop
Target entity description: The Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop is a British medium-power gas-turbine engine widely used in military and maritime patrol aircraft for its reliability and efficiency.

A. Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engine
The Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engine is a pioneering post‑World War II British aircraft engine renowned for its reliability and widespread use in early regional airliners.
B. Bristol Siddeley Pegasus
The Bristol Siddeley Pegasus is a British turbofan aircraft engine renowned for enabling vertical and short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) in aircraft such as the Harrier jump jet through its vectored-thrust design.
C. Rolls-Royce Avon engine
The Rolls-Royce Avon engine is a pioneering British axial-flow turbojet developed in the late 1940s that powered numerous military and civilian aircraft, including early jet airliners and fighters.
D. Rolls-Royce RB.168
The Rolls-Royce RB.168, better known as the Pegasus, is a British turbofan jet engine renowned for providing vectored thrust to power V/STOL aircraft such as the Harrier jump jet.
E. Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
The Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan is a British low-bypass jet engine widely used from the 1960s in both military and civilian aircraft for its reliability and compact, efficient design.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gas-turbine engine ⓘ turboprop engine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rolls-Royce RB.109 Tyne ⓘ linked to: Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop
applicationRole	maritime patrol ⓘ strategic transport ⓘ tactical transport ⓘ
compressorType	axial-flow ⓘ
configuration	two-shaft ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
designFeature	free power turbine ⓘ modular construction ⓘ
developmentStartDate	early 1950s ⓘ
engineType	turboprop ⓘ
enteredService	late 1950s ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
family	Rolls-Royce RB.109 series ⓘ linked to: Rolls-Royce RB108
firstRunDate	1955 ⓘ
fuelType	aviation kerosene ⓘ
intendedUse	medium-power applications ⓘ
manufacturer	Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ
marketedBy	Rolls-Royce ⓘ linked to: Rolls-Royce plc
notableCharacteristic	high reliability in maritime environments ⓘ long time-on-wing ⓘ
notedFor	fuel efficiency ⓘ reliability ⓘ
powerOutputClass	medium power ⓘ
primaryUse	maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ
relatedEngine	Rolls-Royce Dart ⓘ Rolls-Royce Spey ⓘ linked to: Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
roleInProductLine	successor to Rolls-Royce Dart in higher power class ⓘ
status	in service ⓘ
typicalPowerOutput	around 5,000–6,000 shp ⓘ
usedBy	French Navy ⓘ German Air Force ⓘ Italian Air Force ⓘ linked to: Aeronautica Militare Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
usedFor	anti-submarine warfare aircraft propulsion ⓘ long-range maritime surveillance ⓘ medium-lift cargo transport aircraft propulsion ⓘ
usedInAircraft	Aeritalia G.222 (early prototypes) ⓘ linked to: Fiat G.222 (early design work lineage) Breguet Atlantic ⓘ linked to: Breguet Atlantique 2 Canadair CL-44 ⓘ Short Belfast ⓘ Transall C-160 ⓘ Vickers Vanguard ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Breguet Atlantique 2 → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop ⓘ

Short Belfast → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop engine ⓘ

linked to: Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop

Transall C-160 → engineType → Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop ⓘ

subject linked to: Transall C-160 (as consortium partner)

Rolls-Royce Tyne → alsoKnownAs → Rolls-Royce RB.109 Tyne ⓘ

subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop