Rolls-Royce Exe
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The Rolls-Royce Exe, or Boreas, was a 24-cylinder X block sleeve valve aircraft engine intended primarily for the new Fairey Fleet Air Arm aircraft, particularly the Fairey Barracuda. The Exe was under development in 1939, having been started in the 1930s, along with the Peregrine and Vulture.
Work on the Exe was suspended in August 1939 (Lloyd), and stopped about August 1940 (Pugh). In August 1940 Hives wanted to stop work on the Peregrine, Exe and Vulture to concentrate on the Merlin and Griffon engines.
For discussion on Rolls-Royce development priorities, see Rolls-Royce aircraft piston engines.
[edit] References
The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, The first 40 Years by Peter Pugh (2000, Icon Books Cambridge) ISBN 1 84046 151 9 (Volume 1 of The Rolls-Royce Story, pages 263-5)
Rolls-Royce: The Merlin at War by Ian Lloyd (1978, Macmillan London) ISBN 0333 240162 (pages 4-5)
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