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Friday 2 December 2016

British Royal Navy not fitting out capital ships with gas generators according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1910-1911 no. 11

An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau reporting that it was almost certain that none battleship or armoured cruiser to be built under the program 1910 was to be fitted out with gas generators. The delivery of Parsons turbines for the 4 new battleships was already ordered. To fit out one of the ships with an experimental  gas generator machinery was regarded to the needed horsepower not to be expected. The Times reported that 3 sets of such engines with a total horsepower of 18.000 were made at that moment. Each cylinder supplied just 2.000 hp. A 6.000 hp seemed already to be tested on shore and if the test was successful was a scout cruiser to be fitted out with it instead of the piston machine.