On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 10:27 AM, David Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Was Titanic a single prop ship and if not could they have turned better with > the prop(s) on one side forward and the ones on the other backing?
She was a triple screw liner, two four cylinder triple expansion reciprocating (normal) steam engines driving port and starboard three bladed propellers, and a steam turbine driven by waste steam from the main engines driving a separate center 4 bladed screw which was placed in front of the rudder. Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/
