Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine
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The Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine was a powerful British V12 tank engine derived from the Merlin aircraft engine, widely used to propel World War II armored vehicles such as the Cromwell.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine canonical | 2 |
| Rolls-Royce Meteor V12 petrol engine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10712586 — 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 Meteor petrol engine Context triple: [Cromwell tank, engine, Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine]
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A.
Armstrong Siddeley V-8 petrol engine
The Armstrong Siddeley V-8 petrol engine was a British-made eight-cylinder internal combustion engine used to power interwar armored vehicles and other military applications.
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B.
Rolls-Royce R engine
The Rolls-Royce R engine was a high-performance British aero engine developed in the late 1920s that powered record-breaking racing seaplanes and laid the technological groundwork for later Rolls-Royce engines like the Merlin.
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C.
Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine
The Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine is a British liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft piston engine of the interwar period that powered numerous notable military aircraft and helped establish Rolls-Royce’s reputation in aero engine design.
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D.
Rolls-Royce Falcon engine
The Rolls-Royce Falcon engine was a British World War I-era liquid-cooled V12 aircraft engine known for its reliability and use in several successful fighter and reconnaissance aircraft.
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E.
Rolls-Royce K60 multi-fuel engine
The Rolls-Royce K60 is a British-designed, compact, opposed-piston multi-fuel diesel engine widely used to power Cold War–era armored fighting vehicles.
- 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 Meteor petrol engine Target entity description: The Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine was a powerful British V12 tank engine derived from the Merlin aircraft engine, widely used to propel World War II armored vehicles such as the Cromwell.
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A.
Armstrong Siddeley V-8 petrol engine
The Armstrong Siddeley V-8 petrol engine was a British-made eight-cylinder internal combustion engine used to power interwar armored vehicles and other military applications.
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B.
Rolls-Royce R engine
The Rolls-Royce R engine was a high-performance British aero engine developed in the late 1920s that powered record-breaking racing seaplanes and laid the technological groundwork for later Rolls-Royce engines like the Merlin.
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C.
Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine
The Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine is a British liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft piston engine of the interwar period that powered numerous notable military aircraft and helped establish Rolls-Royce’s reputation in aero engine design.
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D.
Rolls-Royce Falcon engine
The Rolls-Royce Falcon engine was a British World War I-era liquid-cooled V12 aircraft engine known for its reliability and use in several successful fighter and reconnaissance aircraft.
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E.
Rolls-Royce K60 multi-fuel engine
The Rolls-Royce K60 is a British-designed, compact, opposed-piston multi-fuel diesel engine widely used to power Cold War–era armored fighting vehicles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
V12 engine
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petrol engine ⓘ tank engine ⓘ |
| applicationType | armoured fighting vehicle propulsion ⓘ |
| aspiration | naturally aspirated ⓘ |
| bore | 5.4 in ⓘ |
| configuration | 60° V12 ⓘ |
| continuedInServiceUntil | post‑war decades ⓘ |
| coolant | water-glycol mixture ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | liquid-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crankshaftDirection | clockwise (viewed from rear) ⓘ |
| cylinderArrangement | V ⓘ |
| cylinderCount | 12 ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Rolls-Royce Merlin ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Rolls-Royce engineers
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W. A. Robotham ⓘ |
| designedFor | British cruiser tanks ⓘ |
| differenceFromMerlin |
adapted for low‑octane fuel
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no supercharger ⓘ reduced compression ratio ⓘ simplified for ground use ⓘ |
| displacement |
1649 cubic inches
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27 litres ⓘ |
| era |
World War II era
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linked to:
World War II
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| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| ignitionSystem | magneto ignition ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ |
| material |
alloy cylinder heads
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steel cylinder liners ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
derived from a high‑performance aircraft engine
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high power-to-weight ratio for an armored vehicle engine ⓘ |
| powerOutput |
about 550 bhp in early versions
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about 600 bhp at 2550 rpm ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Rolls-Royce Merlin (as design basis)
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linked to:
Rolls-Royce Merlin
|
| primaryRole | tank propulsion ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1941 ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| stroke | 6.0 in ⓘ |
| successor |
Leyland L60 (in later British tanks)
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Rolls-Royce Meteorite ⓘ |
| torqueOutput | high low‑speed torque suitable for tanks ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Second World War
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linked to:
World War II
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| usedInVehicle |
Archer self-propelled gun
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Centurion tank ⓘ Challenger tank (A30) ⓘ Comet tank ⓘ Cromwell tank ⓘ
linked to:
Cromwell tanks
TOG 2 tank prototype ⓘ |
| valvetrain | single overhead camshaft per bank ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine Description of subject: The Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine was a powerful British V12 tank engine derived from the Merlin aircraft engine, widely used to propel World War II armored vehicles such as the Cromwell.
Referenced by (3)
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