Folland F19.43

[PMN1]

Does anyone have any information on this design, it was competing against the Hawker Sea Fury and was apparently preferred but there was no spare manufacturing capacity.

All I know is that it was to be powered by a RR Exe (presumably RR would have restarted development).

[merlin]

The Folland aircraft that lost out in the end to the Hawker Fury was the Folland Fo.117.
This started out in answer to spec. F.6/42 which was in essence a 'light fighter' to counter the Fw-190, fighters then were growing too big and heavy.
The aircraft was to be powered by a Centauras Xll of 2,125 hp, rather than the Exe you mentioned.
'What probably killed the Fo.117, which seemed to offer a superior speed and rate of climb over its Hawker competitor, was that the data figures were estimates'. Also being that Follands were only a small firm and therefore didn't have the production expertise - didn't help.
Source British Secret Projects: Fighters & Bombers, by Tony Butler