Turbinia was the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, and easily the fastest ship in the world at that time...
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Company in Newcastle. Famously, in June 1897, his turbine-powered yacht, Turbinia, turned up unannounced at the Navy Review for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen...
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England. It displays many exhibits of local history, including the ship, Turbinia. It is managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. The Discovery Museum...
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usually required, although numerous early ships through World War I, such as Turbinia, had direct drive from the steam turbines to the propeller shafts. Another...
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244-245. Adrian Osler (October 1981). "Turbinia" (PDF). (ASME-sponsored booklet to mark the designation of Turbinia as an international engineering landmark)...
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In marine service, (pioneered on the Turbinia), steam turbines with reduction gearing (although the Turbinia has direct turbines to propellers with...
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15, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2008. Ian Whitehead (June 13, 2013). ""Turbinia" at speed – but who's on the conning tower?". Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums...
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invented for marine use. The first vessel powered by a Parsons turbine was Turbinia, launched in 1894. The successful demonstration of this vessel led to the...
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199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
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Alfred John West (section Photographing Turbinia)
UK Patent Office. In 1897, Alfred J. West obtained photographs of the Turbinia steam yacht travelling at full speed at the Royal Fleet Review. He was...
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located in the Discovery Museum in Newcastle. At the bow is Charles Parsons Turbinia of 1897, recreating the meeting of the two great vessels (then first and...
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199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
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Sean Connery and Peter Finch. Charles Parsons launched his revolutionary Turbinia here in 1894, thus not only revolutionising the navies of the world, but...
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turbine. The spectacular unauthorized demonstration of the turbine-powered Turbinia at the 1897 Spithead Navy Review, which, significantly, was of torpedo-boat...
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199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
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(ON 353)⚓ (1894) Effie M. Morrissey⛵ (1894) Henry Ramey Upcher⚓ (1894) Turbinia⚓ (1894) Vridni⚓ (1894) Lagaren⚓ (1894) Bessie⛵ (1895) C.A. Thayer⚓ (1895)...
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199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
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199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
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speed of ships with his dramatic unauthorised demonstration of his yacht Turbinia with her speed of up to 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) at Queen Victoria's...
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(ON 353)⚓ (1894) Effie M. Morrissey⛵ (1894) Henry Ramey Upcher⚓ (1894) Turbinia⚓ (1894) Vridni⚓ (1894) Lagaren⚓ (1894) Bessie⛵ (1895) C.A. Thayer⚓ (1895)...
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(ON 353)⚓ (1894) Effie M. Morrissey⛵ (1894) Henry Ramey Upcher⚓ (1894) Turbinia⚓ (1894) Vridni⚓ (1894) Lagaren⚓ (1894) Bessie⛵ (1895) C.A. Thayer⚓ (1895)...
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(ON 353)⚓ (1894) Effie M. Morrissey⛵ (1894) Henry Ramey Upcher⚓ (1894) Turbinia⚓ (1894) Vridni⚓ (1894) Lagaren⚓ (1894) Bessie⛵ (1895) C.A. Thayer⚓ (1895)...
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Cogswell's Feiseen: 50.9 km/h (31.6 mph) 1897, Charles Algernon Parsons' Turbinia: 62.9 km/h (39.1 mph) 1903, Charles R. Flint's Arrow: 72.5 km/h (45.06 mph)...
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achieved publicity by demonstrating it unofficially in the 100-foot (30 m) Turbinia at the Spithead Naval Review in 1897. This facilitated a generation of...
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firm of Clarke Chapman. In 1894 Parsons' Marine Turbine Company launched Turbinia, the first ship to be powered by electric turbines. She can be still be...
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propelling a ship with a steam turbine, and built a demonstration vessel, the Turbinia, easily the fastest vessel afloat at the time. 1899: Charles Gordon Curtis...
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199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
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199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
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199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
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199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
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