I own a small wooden table that has been made from part of a wooden propeller. The centre of the propeller has been cut in half to form the base of the table. On what remains of the centre is marked :
DEPOT ABOUKIR
[*]A – N LION XI/A
[*]P7-7 6
[*]ORHP 590
[*]13630/2
[*]15 – 2 – 30
Would someone be able to point me in the direction to find info about it.
Thank you. Peter
By: Arabella-Cox - 14th March 2008 at 19:13
A big thank you for your information. I have attached some pics ,which of course I should done originally !
Best wishes,
Peter
By: Arabella-Cox - 10th March 2008 at 16:51
Does THIS photo of a preserved Ripon help ?
By: G-ASEA - 10th March 2008 at 16:04
The Fairey 111f did have a Napier lion X1A engine, but most had Fairey Reed metal propellers. Another possiblity could be a Blackburn Ripon some had a Lion X1A engine.
By: low'n'slow - 10th March 2008 at 14:44
The Napier Lion engine was used on a number of aeroplane types that operated in Egypt and would have had propellers produced at the Aboukir depot, which was a major RAF base.
The Fairey IIIF was probably the most numerous type and they were operated from bases in Egypt including Aboukir.
The Lion engine also powered Vickers Virginia heavy bombers and Vickers Vernon and Victoria transport aircraft which were operational in the Middle East until the middle of the 1930s.
I’m sure there are many better qualified on this forum to give you more detail, but at least I hope this is a start!
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