Turbinia

Also known as The Ocean Greyhound

Turbinia is the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894 by Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, 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.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1894 ships, Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks and Maritime incidents in 1907.

Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Ship.display_title: ital
Ship/image.image: Turbinia At Speed.jpg
Ship/image.image_caption: Turbinia at speed in 1897
Ship/career.country: United Kingdom
Ship/career.name: Turbinia
Ship/career.builder: Sir Charles Algernon Parsons
Ship/career.launched: 2 August 1894
Ship/career.out_of_service: 1927
Ship/career.refit: 1960s
Ship/career.nickname: "The Ocean Greyhound"
Ship/career.status: Museum ship
Ship/characteristics.power: 1 water-tube boiler
Ship/characteristics.propulsion: Three-stage axial-flow direct-acting Parsons steam turbine driving two outer shafts, each with three , propellers, and one inner shaft with three propellers , at the turbine

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Turbinia
Official website: discoverymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/turbinia
Image: Turbinia At Speed.jpg
Speed: 34.5

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Commons category: Turbinia (ship, 1894)
date of official opening: 1894-08-02

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Development
Demonstration
''Crosby'' incident
As a museum ship
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

==Development== Charles Algernon Parsons invented the modern steam turbine in 1884, and having foreseen its potential to power ships, he set up the Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company in 1897. To develop this, he had the experimental vessel Turbinia built in a light design of steel by the firm of Brown and Hood, based at Wallsend on Tyne in the North East of England.

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