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FastShip
The five Rolls-Royce waterjets and MT30 gas turbine,
which power a FastShip have a throughput of water equivalent
to 90 per cent of Niagara Falls.
Waterjets
Kamewa FF410 waterjets power the Combat Boat 90 up to
speeds of 50 knots, making it faster than a thoroughbred
racehorse!
Syncrolift Shiplift
The largest Rolls-Royce Syncrolift Shiplift can lift
vessels weighing up to 100,000 tonnes, equivalent to
lifting over 2,600 articulated lorries simultaneously.
Propeller
The largest propeller ever to be machined at the Rolls-Royce
Walpole facility for the US nuclear aircraft carrier
USS George Bush measured 6.4m in diameter and weighed
approximately 27.2 tonnes, heavier than 3 male killer
whales.
Super Techno-liner
The two waterjets that power the new Japanese Super
Techno-liner have a combined water flow more than 1.3
times that of the average annual flow of the river Thames
at London.
Astute class submarine
The latest nuclear reactors powering the Astute class
nuclear submarine fleet do not need to be refuelled
throughout the 25 year life span of the submarines.
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