Need help to identify rating plates from engine

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By: Cees Broere - 21st February 2007 at 18:26

Looks like it came from the sea.

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By: MerlinPete - 21st February 2007 at 18:19

Packard 224

Wrong type of cylinder blocks for a `224.

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By: Zute - 20th February 2007 at 23:08

Packard 224

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By: Pathfinder - 20th February 2007 at 14:47

That´s great Pete !

So it must be a Lancaster.
Here a detail picture from 3-blate-propeller of this engine:

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By: MerlinPete - 20th February 2007 at 14:22

This can only be a Packard Merlin 28 (Lanc, Hurricane, P40) or a V-1650-1 (P40)
There are several clues, but the giveaway is the coolant transfer arrangement between head and skirt, which is an interim Packard design prior to adopting the Rolls-Royce two-piece block design.

Probability says it`s Lanc!

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By: Pathfinder - 19th February 2007 at 22:14

Thank !

Can you tell me the Mark of this Merlin ?

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By: Beaufighter VI - 19th February 2007 at 21:58

The plates are all from a BTH magneto which appears to have been built under licence. The engine is a Merlin.