Proteus

[BriggsEngine1]

what company made this proteus engine

[semidiesel]

@BriggsEngine1 Bristol Siddeley who were then taken over by Rolls-Royce. Rolls continued to produce the engine for many years.

[spfxdude]

Ok, I am missing something here. As a marine turbine, what would it have been used for? Seems very inefficient as an electrical generator. Am I wrong?

[semidiesel]

This one is a standard aircraft unit that was installed in 1959 as a generator. There are still a number of these in service as generators in the UK.

[steamwally]

I was at the brooklands museum once, there was a whittle turbine being restored and the guy asked me If I wanted to have a look. An hour later he ran it for us.

[hadr0n]

Magical!

[douro20]

This was a marine turbine, wasn't it?

[semidiesel]

Used in the Bristol Britannia airliner but then developed as a marine and industrial unit.

[northstar2007]

damn, noisy bugger. what was it's original purpose?

[semidiesel]

That's just the starter :-)

3 Mega Watt generating set, the first of it's kind in the world when originally installed in 1959.

[northstar2007]

very cool, one helluva starter motor lol

[francovance1]

What are we talking about in terms of shp here..3500?

[semidiesel]

4,250 SHP