page_title: Rolls-Royce Griffon
section_title: Applications
hierarchical_section_title: Rolls-Royce Griffon / Applications
caption_attribution_description: Fairey Barracuda Mk. V torpedo- and dive bomber around 1943 - the caption says Mark III, but this is a Mark V for the following reasons; - squared off wing tips - fillet at the bottom of the vertical fin can just be seen - enlarged "beard" radiator and spinner for the Griffon engine - prominent flame dampre for the Griffon engine - lack of smaller chin radiators for the Griffon engine
context_page_description: The Rolls-Royce Griffon is a British 37-litre capacity, 60-degree V-12, liquid-cooled aero engine designed and built by Rolls-Royce Limited. In keeping with company convention, the Griffon was named after a bird of prey, in this case the griffon vulture.
  Design work on the Griffon started in 1938 at the request of the Fleet Air Arm, for use in new aircraft designs such as the Fairey Firefly. In 1939 it was also decided that the engine could be adapted for use in the Spitfire. Development was stopped temporarily to concentrate efforts on the smaller Merlin and the 24-cylinder Vulture; the engine did not go into production until the early 1940s.
  The Griffon was the last in the line of V-12 aero engines to be produced by Rolls-Royce with production ceasing in 1955. Griffon engines remain in Royal Air Force service today with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and power the last remaining airworthy Avro Shackleton.
context_section_description: Note:
  Avro Shackleton
  Blackburn B-54
  Bristol Beaufighter
  CAC CA-15
  Fairey Barracuda
  Fairey Firefly
  Folland Fo.108
  Hawker Fury
  Hawker Henley
  Hawker Tempest Mk III/IV
  Martin-Baker MB 5
  Supermarine Seafang
  Supermarine Seafire
  Supermarine Seagull
  Supermarine Spiteful
  Supermarine Spitfire
caption: Griffon-engined Fairey Barracuda
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