Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbines

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Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbines are a series of medium-power turboprop and marine gas turbine engines developed by Rolls-Royce for use in military aircraft and naval vessels.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gas turbine engine
turboprop engine family
applicationDomain aerospace
marine propulsion
compressorType axial-flow
configuration two-shaft
cooling air-cooled turbine
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
developedBy Rolls-Royce design team led by Alan A. Griffith
developedFor medium-range transport aircraft
developmentStart 1950s
engineType marine gas turbine
turboprop
enteredService late 1950s
familyNameOrigin named after the River Tyne in England
firstRun 1955
fuelType aviation kerosene
manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited
market NATO operators
export
notableFeature high power-to-weight ratio for its era
reliability in maritime patrol operations
notableVariant Tyne RM1A
linked to: Rolls-Royce Tyne

Tyne RM1C
linked to: Rolls-Royce Tyne

Tyne RTy.11
Tyne RTy.12
linked to: Tyne RTy.11
powerClass medium-power turboprop
primaryUse maritime patrol aircraft
military transport aircraft
naval vessels
status in service in some military fleets
successorInRole Rolls-Royce AE 2100
usedInAircraft Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy
Breguet Atlantique
Breguet Br.941
Canadair CL-44
Short Belfast
Transall C-160
Vickers Vanguard
usedInNavalVessel French Navy Georges Leygues-class frigate
German Navy Köln-class frigate (modernised)
Royal Navy Type 21 frigate
Royal Navy Type 22 frigate (early batches)
linked to: Type 22 frigate

Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer
linked to: Type 42 destroyer

various patrol vessels and corvettes

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