Incredible Speed: Turbinia | HISTORY

The steam turbine altered the course of history; jet engines and modern power plants would not have been possible if it weren’t for the engines that originally powered Charles Parsons’s steamship, Turbinia. Rocketing across the water at 34.5 knots, the Turbinia could outrun any merchant or naval vessel of the 1890’s, but convincing the British Admiralty to adopt his steam turbine wasn’t going to be easy, it would take a crazy publicity stunt of great proportions to garner the attention the Turbinia deserved. #Turbinia #Steamship #SteamEngine TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Parsons Steam Turbine 3:14 Trying Again 5:17 “The Uninvited Guest“ 7:31 The Impact of Turbinia 9:43 The little steamship in Newcastle upon Tyne CREDIT: footage of the coal-fired power plant is from ERA films: REFERENCES: Fleet Review at Spithead About Turbinia National Historic Ships: Turbinia “The Only Way to Cross” by John Maxtone-Graham. Chapter 2 “Building the Mauretania” Turbinia story is featured on pages 18-20 Turbinia on Wikipedia: MUSIC: “Keys of Moon - Flowing Energy“ is under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 3.0) license Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: “Keys of Moon - The Inspiration“ is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: “Hayden Folker - Lock And Load“ is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: “Scott Buckley - Bring Me The Sky“ is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: --------------------------------- My email: alexthehistorian55@ If you’d like to donate to my channel you can either give monthly on my Patreon or sign up to my YouTube channel membership, the YouTube membership is the one that gives you content in return: YouTube Membership (with content): Patreon Membership (no content): DISCLAIMER: I am not a University-educated historian, Alex the Historian was a nickname I got while working at Disneyland as a tour guide. After 5 years of using it as a stage name for my channel, it would be detrimental to the channel to suddenly change the name.