Napier Collection

Deltic engine, final gear is being fitted into a phasing gearing assembly

Napier Deltic engine, cross section

Napier Deltic rail traction diesel engine

Napier Sabre VII installation on Hawker Fury, LA610

Napier Deltic 18 2500 bhp diesel engine on show

S. F. Edge
Selwyn Francis Edge (1868 - 1940), Australian businessman, racing driver, and record-breaker. He is principally associated with selling and racing De Dion-Bouton, Gladiator; Clem鮴 -Panhard

Napier Heston Racer G-AFOK with Sabre I Date: 1939

Deltic DP1 locomotive

Flying testbed B2 Canberra WK163 fitted with a NSc D1-2 Double Scorpion rechargeable booster rocket Date: 1957

D Napier and Son - Deltic
General arrangement of Deltic 18-11B MTB Driving End

Napier Heston Racer G-AFOK with Sabre I Date: 1943

Malcolm Campbell with his Bluebird car, 1933
Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948), British racing motorist and motoring journalist, with the Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird (Blue Bird II)

Hawker Fury LA610 of 1945 was powered by a Napier Sabre VI
Hawker Fury, LA610, of 1945 was powered by a Napier Sabre VII which probably made it the fastest piston-powered Hawker aircraft. Date: 1945

Hawker Tempest V powered by a Sabre IIB NV768, with ducted spinner aircraft propeller

Model Napier Deltic engine

Napier Deltic engine T18-37C, Jim Shortall with one the super pumper units

Napier Sabre V (series VII) aero engine

Hawker Hector with Napier Dagger III engine
A detail of a Hawker Hector focussing on the Napier Dagger III H-24 air-cooled piston Engine. Developing 805hp the Dagger was the next step for D

Autocar Poster -- race on new Brooklands track, Surrey
Autocar Poster --s F Edge driving a Napier car on the new Brooklands racing track in Surrey. He maintained a speed of 60 mph for 24 hours, setting a new record. Date: 1907

Napier Nomad compound diesel engine, port front quarter

Napier Nomad compound diesel engine, port view

Bristol Bulldog TM K3183 with Napier Rapier I engine
Bristol Bulldog TM, K3183, fitted with a Napier Rapier I engine, suspended in the 24ft wind tunnel at the RAE Farnborough

NAPIER, Sir Charles (1786-1860)
NAPIER, Sir Charles (Merchiston Hall, 1786-London 1860). British admiral. Engraving

1914 Estate Carriage, 15 horse power, Hon. Patrick Lindsay Date: 1958

Nomad II engine at the Coronation Road Test Tunnels

Gloster VI seaplane with Napier Lion VIID engine, winner of the 1929 Schneider Trophy. Date: 1929

Flying testbed B2 Canberra WK162
Flying testbed B2 Canberra WK163 fitted with a NSc D1-2 Double Scorpion rechargeable booster rocket Date: 1957

Inspecting engine beside Belvedere helicopter
Technician inspects engine beside Belvedere helicopter Date: 1958

Napier Deltic compressor set

Ms Napier (bearded) besides F Edge in the four cylinder Napier racing car Date: 1902

Ancient altars, characters, and John Napiers bones
Ancient altars, ark of the covenant, Chinese musical instrument Ching and King, John Napiers calculating bones, and ancient arithmetical characters

Napier Barracks, Karachi, British India
Napier Barracks, Karachi, Sindh Province, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1908

Napier Eland Convair 340 - 440 Mark II - Convair 440-62
Napier Eland Convair 340 - 440 Mark II (Convair 440-62) N440EL (msn 445) at PacAero Engineering Corporation, Santa Monica, CA. Built in 1957 and delivered to D.Napier & Sons Ltd

Napier Nomad, a 12 cyl. compound diesel aircraft engine, with auxiliary turbine power recovery and supercharger. Seen in the exhibition hall at the 1953 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1953

English Electric Canberra PR. 7 - PR. 9 prototype WH793
English Electric Canberra PR.7 (PR.9 prototype) WH793, at the 1955 SBAC Farnborough Air-show. A brand new PR.7 taken from the production line and converted by D. Napier and Sons Ltd

Napier Lion W-12 aircraft engine
Napier Lion water-cooled W-12 aircraft Engine running on the test-bed. Date: 1970s

Avro Lincon B. 2 G-APRJ
Avro 694 Lincoln B.2 G-APRJ (ex RF342 / G-29-1 / G-36-3), of Napier Icing Research Limited.This Lincoln first flew on 5 June 1945 as RF342 but saw no RAF service, going straight to long-term storage

Six cylinder veteran Napier car, early 1900s

Napier Eland Convair Series 2 G-ANVP (msn 153, later N340EL), a 349 converted to Napier N.El.1 Eland power, flown in 1956

Napier Advertisement
A photographic advertisement for D. Napier & Son Ltd. promoting the six cylinder Napier motor carriage, which is seen in the image, driving down a countryside lane in front of a magnificent castle

Diana Napier, Actress
A sketch by Webster Murray of the actress Diana Napier (1905-1982), near the beginning of her film career. Date: circa 1932

Attack on Sidon by Commodore Charles Napier, 26 September 1840. British, Turkish and Austrian ships bombarding Egyptian positions in the Lebanese port of Sidon during the Syrian War

D Napier and Son - Special projects
Helicopter gas generator integral with rotor

Two Napier cars in the mountains during WWI
Two Napier cars in the mountains between Austria and Italy during First World War (WWI). Date: circa 1916

24 hour endurance record, trio of 6 cylinder 65 hp Napiers
24 hour endurance record, trio of 6 cylinder stripped 65 hp Napiers. Led by Napier selling agent SF Edge on the day before the opening of the track in Jul 1907

Mrs Kennard driving Mr Kennard's 8hp 2 cylinder Napier which completed 1000 miles trial 1900 in when driven by Selwyn Francis Edge. Date: circa 1902

4th Gordon Bennett Trophy, Chas Jarrott starting
4th Gordon Bennett Trophy, Chas Jarrott (Napier for Britain) starting, later crashed. Date: 2nd July 1903

Bomarsund, a strong Russian fortress on an island in the Baltic, is taken by a combined French and British force under Sir Charles Napier Date: 15 August 1854

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