Rolls-Royce Clyde

RB.39 Clyde
Rolls-Royce Clyde on display at the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Derby
Type Turboprop
Manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited
First run 5 August 1945
Number built 9

The Rolls-Royce RB.39 Clyde was Rolls-Royce's first purpose-designed turboprop engine and the first turboprop engine to pass its civil and military type-tests.

As with subsequent Rolls-Royce gas turbines, it was named after a river, the River Clyde.

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