HMS Grenade (H86)
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HMS Grenade was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. She was transferred from the Mediterranean Fleet shortly after the beginning of World War II for service in home waters.
Grenade in 1936
Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British engineering company based on the River Tyne at Wallsend, North East England.
HMS Grenade (H86)
…load. The ship had an overall length of 323 feet (98.5 m), a beam of 33 feet (10.1 m) and a draught of 12 feet 5 inches (3.8 m). She was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines, driving two shafts, which developed a total of 34,000 shaft horsepower (25,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 knots (67 km/h…
The rotating blade assembly of a Parsons marine turbine.
Turbine reduction gearing of Vespasian, 1908.