The Royal Navy Tries Jet Engines.—A marine gas turbine lias been installed for trials in a motor gun-boat. This is the first marine gas turbine jet engine in which the jet is being used to drive a power turbine and propeller as this is more efficient at the speeds at which surface craft operate. This picture shows: Port side gas turbine.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 15 January 1949, Page 5
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61The Royal Navy Tries Jet Engines.—A marine gas turbine lias been installed for trials in a motor gun-boat. This is the first marine gas turbine jet engine in which the jet is being used to drive a power turbine and propeller as this is more efficient at the speeds at which surface craft operate. This picture shows: Port side gas turbine. Wanganui Chronicle, 15 January 1949, Page 5
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