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  1. Buba

    First two shaft ship?

    Were the twin engined USN designs brought about by lack of suitably powerful engines? Or being intended for brown water operations? BTW - USN Dictator - gives me WH40K vibes ...
  2. Buba

    First two shaft ship?

    No speed benefit of two props? Not possible to go faster under steam? Of course, I imagine that the coal supply simply goes POOF! when steaming at flank speed ...
  3. Buba

    First two shaft ship?

    Wiki says about HMS Penelope: She was the only twin-screw ship ever to have hoisting screws.[8] Provision for the hoisting frames and twin rudders forced a very unusual shape to the stern, which unintentionally greatly increased drag.[9] So, we have narrowed down the coming of twin shafts and...
  4. Buba

    First two shaft ship?

    Trawling through wikipedia, the eldest two shaft warship I've found is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Penelope_(1867) The text confirms what @gral said, i.e. that the RN specified two screws - this meaning smaller screws - for shallow water operations.
  5. Buba

    First two shaft ship?

    You win on a technicality :) BTW - good to know! Rephrasing the question - when was the second two shafted ship built? Or better - when was such a configuration adopted as mainstream for warships?
  6. Buba

    First two shaft ship?

    No can find 😭 Somehow I cannot dredge up info what was the first ship with two shafts ... anybody know? Pretty please?
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