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These titanic propellers actually belonged to the Titanic, one of the most famous ships in history. It had three solid bronze propellers, each driven by a separate engine. The two outer propellers weighed 38 tons and the central one 17 tons:
The Titanic was one of the finest ships of its era, but Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas is five times larger than the Titanic and is currently the largest passenger vessel ever built. Consequently, the luxurious ship required some pretty big propellers to help on the journey from the shipyard in Finland to the Oasis of the Seas’ new home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Elation, from Carnival Cruise Lines, was also built in Finland and is currently based in San Diego, California. The ship’s propellers once again dwarf some of the people responsible for their construction and installation:
Here’s a propeller being worked on in dry dock in San Francisco:
This brass propeller belongs to another cruise liner, the Norwegian Epic:
Designed for a ship under construction in South Korea, this monstrous looking propeller is over 30 feet across and weighs 107 tons (left). On the right is Crystal Symphony's propeller in drydock at Lisnave, Portugal:
One of the giant propellers from the Soviet-era container ships:
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