Bristol Siddeley

Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.. was a British aero engine manufacturer. It was founded in 1959 as a merger of Bristol Aero Engines and Armstrong Siddeley. The plants were in Filton in the north of Bristol. Were produced turbojet and ramjet engines, gas turbines, rocket engines and diesel engines.

The best-known engines were

  • Olympus
  • Orpheus
  • Pegasus
  • Proteus
  • Viper

In addition, engines of the French company Turbomeca SA were and the U.S. The U.S. manufacturer General Electric Company under license.

In 1961, Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited de Havilland, the engine department of de Havilland. Bristol Siddeley was taken over in 1966 by Rolls- Royce.

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