S.M.S. Blücher (1908)

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On trials in 1909 Blucher achieved the highest power ever made by a reciprocating-engined warship, 43,886 ihp,[1] equivalent to 127 r.p.m. and 25.86 knots.[2]

Footnotes

  1. Friedman. Battleship Design and Development. p. 91.
  2. Anderson, R. "Letters to the Editor" (31 December 1971). Warship International 4. p. 326.

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