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Rolls-Royce Tay
This engine was conceived in 1940 as a 4000
hp turbo-prop but was later scaled down to
2000 hp. Named the Theseus the engine was
type tested in December 1946. the world's first
turbo-prop to reach this stage of development.
After extensive flight testing in an Avro
Bristol Theseus Lincoln, four Theseus engines were installed
in a Handley-Page Hermes 5.
