Rolls-Royce's history also includes lots of aircraft engines, such as the Merlin engine that powered many Allied planes during World War II. However, we won't be discussing any of those today.

the throaty roar of its Merlin engine is part of the Spitfire's appeal. The development and production of the Merlin was in large part down to Rolls-Royce chairman Ernest Hives. Now Derby ...

In the 1930s, Rolls-Royce had developed one of the finest pieces of engineering ever conceived: the Merlin engine. Planners knew they had something special in the supercharged V-12 engine ...

The Rolls-Royce Merlin was the pinnacle of piston engine design in the 1940s. This particular engine was used in Fairey Fulmar I, Serial No N1926, during the days of the Battle of Britain in 1940.

Dodd, would use the roughly £18,500 ($24,000) to build out a whole new car with even more ambitious specifications: - A ...

In the 1930s, Rolls-Royce had developed one of the finest pieces of engineering ever conceived: the Merlin engine. Planners knew they had something special in the supercharged V-12 engine ...

Each of the dozen Aeroboats to be built will pack a reconditioned, marinized, fuel-injected Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 engine – the same 27-liter powerplant that propelled the Spitfire. With 1,100 ...

On 27 July 1942 a lone German aircraft dropped four bombs on the vital Rolls-Royce Merlin engine factory, killing 23 people. It was Derby's most lethal air raid and took took air defences and ...