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TURBINIA ship

Turbinia was the world's first ship powered by steam turbines. TURBINIA achieved 32.76 knots in April 1897, becoming the fastest vessel in the world. Ship Turbinia was designed by engineer Sir Charles Parsons in as an experimental craft intended to demonstrate the potential of the successful steam turbines. Many years later, Turbinia remained the easily fastest ship in the world. She was fitted with three steam turbines, each one driving a shaft fitted with three propellers.  

Turbinia ’s iconic moment came during Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Naval Review on June 26th1897, where she was shown off by being driven at over 30 knots between the lines of the World’s warships and zipped up and down in front of the crowd, easily evading a Navy picket boat that tried to stop her, swamping it with her wake. Turbinia shop's remarkable demonstration led to orders from the Royal Navy for two turbine powered torpedo destroyers. The success of these two small warships paved the way for the widespread introduction of steam turbines into the navies of the world. The Admiralty confirmed in 1905 that all future Royal Navy vessels were to be turbine-powered, and in 1906 the first turbine-powered battleship, the revolutionary HMS Dreadnought, was launched. By 1907, Parsons turbines were powering the largest transatlantic liners, MAURETANIA and LUSITANIA.

On 11 January 1907, Turbinia was badly damaged when she was hit by a ship being launched from the other bank of the Tyne. On October 30th, 1994, 102 years after her launch, Turbinia was put on display to the public in March 1996 at Newcastle's Museum of Science and Engineering. She was listed in the Core Collection of the National Historic Fleet in 2000.

This primarily wood TURBINIA ship model is 24" long x 8.5" tall x 4.5" wide (base) x 2.5" wide (ship) only $1,700  Shipping and insurance in the US are included. Other countries, $300 flat rate.

Learn more about the fast boat Turbinia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinia