Rolls-Royce Griffon 27A
Historical Rolls-Royce Griffon 27A liquid-cooled V-12 piston-engine variant identified by BAE Systems as the four-engine power plant for the Avro Shackleton MR.3.
Identity
- Aliases
- Griffon 27ARolls-Royce Griffon Mk.27AGriffon Mk 27A
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- piston-engine
- Name
- Rolls-Royce Griffon 27A
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Historical Rolls-Royce Griffon 27A liquid-cooled V-12 piston-engine variant identified by BAE Systems as the four-engine power plant for the Avro Shackleton MR.3.
- Family
- Piston Specs
- Configuration
- liquid-cooled V-12
- Cylinder Count
- 12
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:33:02 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:33:02 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-13
- Note
- BAE Systems identifies four Rolls-Royce Griffon 27A engines as the normal power plant for the Avro 716 Shackleton MR.3.
- Publisher
- BAE Systems Heritage
- Title
- Avro Shackleton