Napier Dagger

Dagger
Napier Dagger at the National Air and Space Museum
Type Piston aero-engine
Manufacturer Napier & Son
First run 1934
Major applications Handley Page Hereford
Hawker Hector

The Napier Dagger was a 24-cylinder H-pattern (or H-Block) air-cooled engine designed by Frank Halford and built by Napier before World War II. It was a development of the earlier Napier Rapier.