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Rolls-Royce Limited was a
British
car, and from 1914, aero-engine manufacturing
company founded by
Charles Stewart Rolls and
Henry Royce on 15 March 1906 as the result of a
partnership formed in 1904. In 1971, Rolls-Royce was
crippled by the development of the advanced
RB211 jet engine, resulting in the nationalisation
of the company as Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited. In
1973, the car division was separated from the parent
company as
Rolls-Royce Motors. Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited
continued as a nationalised company until it was
privatised in 1987 as
Rolls-Royce plc.
Above courtesy of
Wikipeda
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