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THE MYSTERY OF TITANIC'S CENTRAL PROPELLER
Titanica!
Mark Chirnside
A unique engineering notebook helps unravel an enduring Titanic mystery
Titanicology
Samuel Halpern
An interesting cropped photograph of Titanic being fitted out in the Thompson dry-dock at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast in early February 1912 has seemed to have gained some attention recently.
Titanicology
Samuel Halpern
In my article, “The Object on the Barge,” it was shown the that the helical object seen in a photograph on a barge that carried the floating crane that serviced Titanic was a solid-cast, three-bladed marine propeller.
OLYMPIC & TITANIC : THE PROPELLING MACHINERY
The Shipbuilder
A detailed description of the Titanic's engines, propellers and other equipment, with illustrations.
OLYMPIC CLASS PROPELLERS Harland and Wolff shipyard workers look up at the mammoth triple propellers and rudder of the Olympic, photographed in 1924.
SPEED AND REVOLUTIONS
Titanica!
Samuel Halpern
Propelling the ship of dreams
TITANIC’S CENTER PROPELLER – THE EVIDENCE MOUNTS
Titanicology
Samuel Halpern
The evidence strongly supports the claim that Titanic was fitted with a three-bladed center propeller, unlike her sister ships Olympic and Britannic.
TITANIC'S CENTRE PROPELLER: THE STEPHEN PIGOTT EVIDENCE
Titanica!
Mark Chirnside
Newly found evidence documents changes to Titanic’s propeller configuration
TITANIC'S PRIME MOVER
Titanica!
Samuel Halpern
An Examination of Propulsion and Power
Titanic CAD Plans
Bob Read
Bob Read examines the evidence and reasoning behind the type of centre propeller used on the Titanic.

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