First steam turbine-powered steamship, built in 1894
Turbinia at speed in 1897
History
United Kingdom
Name
Turbinia
Launched
2 August 1894
Out of service
1927
Refit
1960s
Nickname(s)
"The Ocean Greyhound"
Status
Museum ship
General characteristics
Displacement
44.5 long tons (45.2 t)
Length
104 ft 9 in (31.93 m)
Beam
9 ft (2.7 m)
Draught
3 ft (0.91 m)
Installed power
1 water-tube boiler
2,100 ihp (1,600 kW)
Propulsion
Three-stage axial-flow direct-acting Parsons steam turbine driving two 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) outer shafts, each with three 18-inch-diameter (460 mm), 24-inch-pitch (610 mm) propellers, and one inner shaft with three propellers
200 psi (1.4 MPa), 170 psi (1.2 MPa) at the turbine
Speed
34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
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, Turbinia was demonstrated dramatically at the Spithead Navy Review in 1897 and set the standard for the next generation of steamships, the majority of which would be turbine powered. The vessel is currently located at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, while her original powerplant is located at the Science Museum in London.
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...
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...
244-245. Adrian Osler (October 1981). "Turbinia" (PDF). (ASME-sponsored booklet to mark the designation of Turbinia as an international engineering landmark)...
England. It displays many exhibits of local history, including the ship, Turbinia. It is managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. The Discovery Museum...
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...
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...
turbine. The spectacular unauthorized demonstration of the turbine-powered Turbinia at the 1897 Spithead Navy Review, which, significantly, was of torpedo-boat...
199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
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...
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...
Sean Connery and Peter Finch. Charles Parsons launched his revolutionary Turbinia here in 1894, thus not only revolutionising the navies of the world, but...
199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
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...
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...
199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
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)...
199 Shieldhall Sir Walter Scott Sundowner Tern Thalatta HMS Trincomalee Turbinia HMS Unicorn HMS Victory HMS Warrior Waverley HQS Wellington Wingfield Castle...
NYU Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-8147-8810-3. Retrieved 2013-12-27. "Name Turbinia | National Historic Ships". www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk. Retrieved...
by British engineer Charles Parsons of his steam turbine-driven yacht, Turbinia, in 1897, the use of steam turbines for propulsion quickly spread. The...
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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