43002 to NRM collection repaint?

[BigB]

Valentas weren't just used in HSTs. 8 of them were also used as auxiliary power generators on board Invincible, Ark Royal and Illustrious and on some submarines. Hence why Devonport also serviced the engines for BR. As Illustrious has only recently been decommissioned there may well still be valentas available there.

Valenta engines were also used in the offshore oil industry - a colleague had to obtain parts for one on a large platform north of Shetland and unipart rail (I think) were able to supply the relevant spares, but definitely getting long in the tooth by then. They were often used for driving pumps due to their relatively high speeds. Also cheaper to run than RB211s...

 

[Cowley]

Valenta engines were also used in the offshore oil industry - a colleague had to obtain parts for one on a large platform north of Shetland and unipart rail (I think) were able to supply the relevant spares, but definitely getting long in the tooth by then. They were often used for driving pumps due to their relatively high speeds. Also cheaper to run than RB211s...

Interesting stuff BigB.
Sorry to be a bit uneducated, but what’s an RB211?

 

[gimmea50anyday]

Turbofan engine as used on DC10, Lockheed TriStar and Boeing 747. It was only recently replaced by the Trent. The development of the RB211 led to Rolls Royce being nationalised in order to keep it solvent but then sales literally took off leading RR to become a globally dominant engine manufacturer.

It seems the valenta saw much wider use than first thought certainly in the navy - it is a marine engine after all - as type 24 and type 42 frigates and destroyers had them too

 

[Cowley]

Turbofan engine as used on DC10, Lockheed TriStar and Boeing 747. It was only recently replaced by the Trent. The development of the RB211 led to Rolls Royce being nationalised in order to keep it solvent but then sales literally took off leading RR to become a globally dominant engine manufacturer.

It seems the valenta saw much wider use than first thought certainly in the navy - it is a marine engine after all - as type 24 and type 42 frigates and destroyers had them too

Thanks for that.

 

[43096]

Turbofan engine as used on DC10, Lockheed TriStar and Boeing 747. It was only recently replaced by the Trent. The development of the RB211 led to Rolls Royce being nationalised in order to keep it solvent but then sales literally took off leading RR to become a globally dominant engine manufacturer.

It seems the valenta saw much wider use than first thought certainly in the navy - it is a marine engine after all - as type 24 and type 42 frigates and destroyers had them too

It was the Type 23s that had Valentas; think the Type 42s were Venturas? The Sandown Class Minehunters have the 6 cylinder version of the Valenta; the only other use of this engine being one of the Class 210 prototypes.

See here for much more detail on Paxman engines in the Royal Navy: https://www.paxmanhistory.org.uk/mar-naval.htm