An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau reporting that the German torpedo boat G173 built at the Germaniawerft of Friedrich Krupp, Kiel, Germany achieved during her trials a speed of 33,33 miles. She was the first warships fitted out with Zoelly turbines (1) which completed her trials. With a displacement of around 65o tons. Length circa 75 metres. Needed horsepower was 16.000 hp.
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1. Developed by the firm Escher, Wyss&Co., Zurich, Switzerland and for the first time built in 1903. Heinrich Zoelly was a Mexican-Swiss engineer (11 April 1862 Mexico City, Mexico-30 March 1937 Zurich, Switzerland). Multi stage axial flow impulse turbine.
