The Napier Lion is a 12-cylinder, petrol-fueled 'broad arrow' W12 configuration aircraft engine built by D. Napier & Son from 1917 until the 1930s. A number...
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variants. Napier Cub Napier Culverin Napier Dagger Napier Eland Napier Gazelle Napier Javelin Napier Lion Napier Lioness Napier Naiad Napier Nomad Napier Oryx...
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The Napier-Railton at Brooklands The Napier-Railton at Brooklands The Napier-Railton at Brooklands Cockpit/Dash The Napier Lion engine The Napier-Railton...
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last three aircraft were fitted with the more powerful 450 hp (336 kW) Napier Lion engine. Argentina The River Plate Aviation Co. Ltd. – three aircraft...
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retained the Eagle, while later aircraft were powered by the more powerful Napier Lion. The naval variants were usually three-seaters; pilot, observer and gunner...
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performance car models produced by the Volkswagen Group and by Spyker. The Napier Lion was a three-bank design (also called "broad arrow" design) W12 engine...
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supervised its construction. This was Campbell's first car to use the Napier Lion aero engine. His intention was to surpass his previous Sunbeam Blue Bird's...
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modification of Supermarine's Supermarine Sea Lion II. It was powered by a 550 hp (410 kW) Napier Lion engine. Sea Lion III was entered for the 1923 Schneider...
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Blue Bird, with a chassis and transmission to handle it. A supercharged Napier Lion VIID was used, with over three times the power of the previous Blue Bird...
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Europe 1943-45, p.8 "Napier Lion". The Racing Campbells. Archived from the original on 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2012-06-30. The Lion was a 12-cylinder W-block...
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receiving the sobriquet the "Fastest Girl on Earth". She drove a six-cylinder Napier motorcar, a 75 kW (100 hp) development of the K5, in a speed trial in Blackpool...
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that raced at Brooklands. The Napier-Bentley consists of a 1929 Bentley chassis and a 23.9-liter (1,458 cu in) Napier Sea Lion aircraft engine, which produces...
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W-12 Napier Lion II piston engines. Vernon Mk III military transport aircraft powered by two high compression 525 hp (391 kW) W-12 Napier Lion III piston...
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the Max Friz-designed; German BMW IIIa straight-six engine. The DOHC Napier Lion W12 engine was built in Great Britain beginning in 1918. Most of these...
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considerably more powerful Rolls-Royce R V12 engine replaced the old Napier Lion, again with a supercharger. This required two prominent "knuckles" atop...
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with a 449 hp (335 kW) Napier Lion IIB engines, 33 built. Blackburn II Improved production version with a 464 hp (346 kW) Napier Lion V, and increased gap...
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wingspan and a 9 ft (3 m) longer fuselage. The aircraft was powered by twin Napier Lion engines and flew for the first time on 24 November 1922. At the Aircraft...
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Mariner, also known as MS Lion, a ferry Lion (1796 ship) Napier Lion, an aircraft engine whose first prototypes were built in 1917 Lion (Boy Scouts of America)...
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was powered by a 450 hp (340 kW) Napier Lion engine. Entered for the 1922 Schneider Trophy contest at Naples, Sea Lion II was planned to be able to attain...
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bomber, which was developed in parallel. It was also powered by two Napier Lion engines. The enclosed cabin had room for 24 troops on collapsible canvas...
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distinctive three-lobed cowling of the 'broad-arrow' Napier Lion engine, but also to another contemporary Lion-powered record-breaker, Henry Segrave's Golden...
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Golden Arrow (car) (category Vehicles powered by Napier Lion engines)
Power was provided by a 23.9 litre (1462 ci) W12 Napier Lion VIIA aeroengine, specially prepared by Napier & Son, designed for Supermarine's aircraft competing...
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twin-engine biplane flying boat, which was typically powered by a pair of Napier Lion twelve-cylinder engines. The engines are mount on pylons positioned between...
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undercarriage, the design that emerged was fitted with a 450-horsepower Napier Lion II 12 cylinder engine that allowed the Dreadnought speeds of up to 102...
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Bird II; Napier-Campbell Blue Bird; Napier Lion V engine (ca 500hp) 1928 Blue Bird III; Napier-Campbell Blue Bird; rebuilt with Napier Lion VIIA engine...
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Total production was 443. The B1M was powered by a 450 hp (340 kW) Napier Lion or Hispano-Suiza engine according to version. The type entered service...
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Napier Lion engine. Although registered G-EARN on 9 March 1920, the aircraft was not built. DH.24 Not built Larger variant of the DH.18 with a Napier...
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cars. By the late 1920s, the Lion was no longer competitive and work started on replacements. Napier followed the Lion with two H-block designs: the...
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racetrack near Weybridge in Surrey. Most of these Mark IV Vikings had a Napier Lion engine. The next version was the Viking V; two were built for the RAF...
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