Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British engineering company based on the River Tyne at Wallsend, North East England.
The rotating blade assembly of a Parsons marine turbine.
Turbine reduction gearing of Vespasian, 1908.
RMS Lusitania
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RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 as a Royal Mail Ship. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her running mate Mauretania three m
Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company
…liners, RMS Victorian and Virginian. 73,000 horsepower (54,000 kW) Parsons turbines powered the 31,000 GRT Cunard express ocean liners RMS Mauretania and RMS Lusitania. All early marine turbines drove their propellers directly. Parsons developed helical reduction gearing for marine turbines, and in 1908 converted the…
RMS Lusitania arriving in New York City in 1907
Lusitania, prior to her launch
RMS Lusitania – built 1904–1906
Lusitania unloading Christmas mail to a post office boat