TURBINIA IN DOCK 26

TURBINIA THE WORLD FIRST TURBINE POWERED BRITISH WARSHIP 1894

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

DETAIL OF MIDSHIPS SECTION OF SHIP ---------- AFT VEIW SHOWING DECK DETAILS

OVERHEAD VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS

BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL WORKS SO FAR

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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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 tons
Length: 104 ft 9 in (31.93 m)
Beam: 9 ft (2.7 m)
Draught: 3 ft (0.91 m)
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.

2,100 hp (1,600 kW) three-drum water-tube coal-fired boiler

with double-ended 1,100-square-foot (100 m2) heating surface.
200 psi (1.4 MPa), 170 psi (1.2 MPa) at the turbine

Speed: 34.5 kn (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)

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