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The de Havilland Engine Company was an offshoot of the de Havilland aircraft building company, which started life as the 'Engine Division of the de Havilland Aircraft Company' in 1926 producing the famous de Havilland Gipsy aero-engine.[1] The company was merged with Bristol Siddeley (BSEL) engines in 1961 with BSEL subsequently becoming part of Rolls-Royce Limited in 1968.

de Havilland Engine Company

Industry	Aerospace engineering
Founded	1944
Defunct	1961
Fate	Merged with Bristol Siddeley
Successor	Bristol Siddeley
Headquarters	Leavesden, Watford, UK
Key people	Frank Halford (Designer)
Products	Aircraft engines
Parent	de Havilland Aircraft Company

History

The company was officially formed at Stag Lane in February 1944 and later moved into a factory leased by the government in 1946 at Leavesden, which had earlier been a site for Handley Page Halifax production.[2] This is now the location of Leavesden Film Studios.

It went on to produce one of the early turbojet engines the de Havilland Goblin which saw service in the early post-war de Havilland Vampire fighter. The later Ghost turbojet propelled early versions of the de Havilland Comet jetliner and the de Havilland Venom fighter.

The company later developed the de Havilland Gnome turboshaft under licence from the General Electric T58 design, but the company was absorbed into Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited (BSEL) in 1961; Bristol Siddeley itself subsequently merged with Rolls-Royce Limited in 1968 and the merged company continued with the "Rolls-Royce" name.

Engines

Piston engines

• de Havilland Ghost
• de Havilland Gipsy
• de Havilland Gipsy Minor
• de Havilland Gipsy Major
• de Havilland Gipsy Six
• de Havilland Gipsy Queen
• de Havilland Gipsy Twelve
• de Havilland Gipsy King

Turbojets

• de Havilland Ghost
• de Havilland Goblin
• de Havilland Gyron
• de Havilland Gyron Junior

Turboshafts

• de Havilland Gnome
• Rolls-Royce Gem

Rocket engines

• de Havilland Sprite
• de Havilland Super Sprite
• de Havilland Spectre

See also

• de Havilland Aircraft Museum
• de Havilland Propellers
• Frank Halford

Related lists

• List of aircraft engine manufacturers
• List of aircraft engines

References

• Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9
• Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6.

External links

• British Jet Engine Website
• History of de Havilland

На других языках

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- [en] De Havilland Engine Company

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[fr] De Havilland Engine Company

La Société de Havilland Engine Company est une émanation de la société de Havilland constructeur aéronautique et a commencé son existence comme la «Division moteur de la Société de Havilland Aircraft», en 1926, en produisant le célèbre moteur d'avion de Havilland Gipsy (en)[1]. La société a fusionné avec la Bristol Siddeley (en) (BSEL) en 1961 devenant par la suite avec BSEL une partie de Rolls-Royce Limited en 1966.

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[it] De Havilland Engine Company

La de Havilland Engine Company era un'azienda britannica specializzata in produzione di motori aeronautici, sussidiaria della de Havilland Aircraft Company, fondata nel 1928 e produttrice del primo motore della famiglia Gipsy, il de Havilland Gipsy.

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