Armstrong Siddeley Stentor

The Armstrong Siddeley Stentor, latterly Bristol Siddeley BSSt.1 Stentor, was a two-chamber HTP rocket engine used to power the Blue Steel stand-off missile carried by Britain's V bomber force.

[1][2] The high thrust chamber was used for the first 29 seconds, after which it was shut down and a smaller cruise chamber was used for the rest of the powered flight.

[3][4][5] It was fuelled by hydrogen peroxide with kerosene.

[1] The engine incorporated an integral tubular mounting frame which was attached by six lugs to the rear bulkhead of the missile airframe, the complete engine being enclosed in a tube-shaped fairing with the nozzles at the rear.

Preserved Stentor engines are on display at the following museums: Data from [6] Related development

Cut-away Stentor on display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford