Turbinia
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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 demo
Turbinia at speed in 1897
Turbinia at the Spithead Navy Review, 1897
The damaged Turbinia lying in dry dock
Turbinia alongside RMS Mauretania
Steam turbine
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A steam turbine or steam turbine engine is a machine or heat engine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work utilising a rotating output shaft. Its modern
Turbinia
…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…
The rotor of a modern steam turbine used in a power plant
A 250 kW industrial steam turbine from 1910 (right) directly linked to a generator (left)
A steam turbine without its top cover