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19th May 2016, 11:00

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longer ron

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As a (hopefully) interesting aside - we visited the Irvine Maritime Museum yesterday and one of their many interesting lumps was a High Pressure Steam Turbine from the TS King Edward (Turbine Ship) this ship had a 50 year career (1901 - 1951) mostly on the west coast of scotland and apparently more economical to run when at maximum speed (20 knots) than at slower speeds,but it had been designed as a high speed ship.

Front end (intake)

Rear end (driveshaft)

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