General Electric MST-16 Steam Machinery

[A Tentative Fleet Plan]

Last generation of Merchant Ship steam plants, designed for the high speed containers ships and ULCCs that were being built prior to the 1970s Oil Crisis. Used by the the Sealand SL-7s, which apparently used the lowest-powered combination on offer. Given the limits of cavitation, I doubt that the higher power options (which went up to 120,000bhp for a single shaft) would be technically feasible, although there are some options discussed in other IMarEST Transactions.







Source p37-38 (or p201-202 using the page numbers) or the following document:

THE PROPULSION OF A MILLION TON TANKER

The recorded history of the Institute, technical papers, documented discussion and author reply.

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[A Tentative Fleet Plan]

Given the limits of cavitation, I doubt that the higher power options (which went up to 120,000shp for a single shaft) would be technically feasible, although there are some options discussed in other IMarEST Transactions.

A pair of near-contemporary Transactions with some novel ideas to reduce cavitation in high-powered merchant ship designs below:

STEAM TURBINE MACHINERY

The recorded history of the Institute, technical papers, documented discussion and author reply.

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THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROPELLERS FOR HIGH POWERED MERCHANT VESSELS

The recorded history of the Institute, technical papers, documented discussion and author reply.

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