Rolls-Royce C range engines

The Rolls-Royce C range was a series of in-line 4, 6 and 8 cylinder <a href="/facts/Diesel_engine/9B9opxvA">diesel engines</a> used in small <a href="/facts/Diesel_locomotive/RvJF30q2">locomotives</a>, <a href="/facts/Railcar/8WCtLGNc">railcars</a>, <a href="/facts/Heavy_equipment_(construction)/e2uMkvnK">construction vehicles</a>, and marine and similar applications. They were manufactured by the <a href="/facts/Rolls-Royce_Limited/EDUo2a7d">Rolls-Royce</a> Oil Engine Division headed by <a href="/facts/William_Arthur_Robotham/JhsknaJj">William Arthur Robotham</a> to 1963, initially at <a href="/facts/Derby/kMYgyqNA">Derby</a> and later at <a href="/facts/Shrewsbury/Xo9eohD7">Shrewsbury</a>, from the 1950s through to 1970s.
Although officially termed the C range, they were best known for the most common <a href="/facts/Rolls-Royce_C6SFL/YVYt6y5t">C6SFL</a> six-cylinder variant. Most had an output of around 200 <a href="/facts/Brake_horsepower/jRMwmIxA">bhp</a>, with 233 bhp for the final models. Their construction was a conventional <a href="/facts/Internal_combustion_engine_cooling/8STHGg2L">water-cooled</a> vertical <a href="/facts/Straight-six_engine/D5e5WIIr">inline 6</a> <a href="/facts/Four-stroke_engine/70vDIDvJ">four-stroke</a> <a href="/facts/Diesel_engine/9B9opxvA">diesel engine</a> of 12.17 litres (743 cu in). Most were supercharged by a <a href="/facts/Roots_type_supercharger/1AY0n9Pc">Roots blower</a>, but there were also variants with a <a href="/facts/Turbocharger/xuabwHlB">turbocharger</a> or <a href="/facts/Naturally_aspirated_engine/q5CBGkb0">naturally aspirated</a>.
A later addition to the range was the SF65C model. This was a lower-rated version of the C range 6-cylinder engine and shared many of the advantages of the range's component rationalisation. It was available in naturally aspirated or turbocharged variants, and both industrial and marine versions were available.

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Rolls-Royce C range engines