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Old 06-11-10, 04:27 PM   #254
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Ironclad?
Not far off, I've just a bout finished it now so I might as well tell! 'tis the Turbinia, the first steam turbine powered vessel, launched in 1897. The particular type of engine later powered the Lusitania, Mauritania and HMS Dreadnought.
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