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| Rolls-Royce Derwent on display at the Royal Air Force Museum London | |
| Type | Turbojet |
| Manufacturer | Rolls-Royce |
| First run | 1943 |
| Major applications | Gloster Meteor |
| Developed from | Rover W.2B/23 |
| Developed into | Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent Klimov RD-500 Rolls-Royce Nene |
The Rolls-Royce RB.37 Derwent is a 1940s British centrifugal compressor turbojet engine, the second Rolls-Royce jet engine to enter production. It was an improved version of the Rolls-Royce Welland, which itself was a renamed version of Frank Whittle's Power Jets W.2B. Rolls-Royce inherited the Derwent design from Rover when they took over their jet engine development in 1943.