Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus

The Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus is a marine gas turbine based on the Rolls-Royce Olympus aircraft turbojet engine.

History The first Marine Olympus was built for the German Navy. In 1962 BSEL was contracted to provide the gas-generator and Brown Boveri was contracted to provide a two-stage long-life marine power turbine. A test bed was built for extensive shore trials. Construction of the ship which was intended for gas-turbine power was abandoned. Test running of the next marine Olympus began in 1966. The power turbine was of a single stage operating at 5,600 rpm utilising wide-chord blades. Beginning its sea trials in early 1968, Turunmaa, a 700-ton corvette of the Finnish Navy was the first Olympus-powered warship to enter service, some six months before , the first British ship which had been refitted to trial the propulsion system for the Royal Navy.Baxter 1990 p 101

The TM1 and TM2 variants comprised a power turbine baseplate carrying the turbine and the gas generator mountings, and differed significantly only in the construction of the power turbine structure, which was a steel casting on the TM1 and a fabrication on the TM2. All TM1 and TM2 installations were fitted with an A-rated gas generator, serial numbers 2013xx.

The TM3 comprised a similar power turbine baseplate plus a gas generator enclosure, an air intake enclosure, and many support services including ventilation and fire extinguishing systems. All TM3 installations were fitted with a B-rated gas generator, serial numbers 2017xx.

Variants

Olympus TM1

nominal. Installed ratings quoted where known.

Finnish Navy Turunmaa-class corvettes — one Olympus, three diesels. Royal Navy HMS Exmouth — one Olympus derated to , two Proteus. Type 82 destroyer, — two Olympus, two steam turbines.

Olympus TM2 nominal. Installed ratings quoted where known.

Iranian Navy frigates — two Olympus at , two diesel.Potts 2011 IRIS Alvand Light Frigate militaryfactory.com Royal Malaysian Navy frigate — one Olympus at , one diesel.KD Rahmat quoting Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995 Libyan Navy frigate — two Olympus at , two diesel.Libyan frigate Dat Assawari quoting Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995

Olympus TM3 nominal. Installed ratings quoted where known.

Royal Navy aircraft carriers — four Olympus at . Type 42 destroyers — two Olympus at , two Tyne.Type 42 guided missile destroyer naval-hazegray.org Type 21 frigates — two Olympus at , two Tyne.Baxter 1990 p 107 Type 22 frigates Batch 1 and 2 — two Olympus, two Tyne.Baxter 1990 p 115 Argentine Navy — two Olympus at , two Tyne. Brazilian Navy — two Olympus TB3B at , four MTU 16V956 TB91.Niteroi class naviosbrasileiros.com.br Nigerian Navy frigate — two Olympus, two diesels.FF Aradu (MEKO 360) class' harpoondatabases.com Royal Thai Navy frigate — one Olympus at , one diesel.Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995 Hellenic Navy frigates — two Olympus, two Tyne.Baxter 1990 p 111 French Navy destroyers — two Olympus at , two diesel.Miller, David; Chris Miller (1986). Modern Naval Combat. USA: Salamandar Books. pp. 100–101. . Belgian Navy frigates — one Olympus at , two diesel.Weilingen globalsecurity.org Royal Netherlands Navy s — two Olympus at , two Tyne. s — two Olympus at , two Tyne. s — two Olympus at , two Tyne. Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Ishikari-class destroyer escort — one Olympus, one diesel. — one Olympus at , one diesel.Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006. — two Olympus, two Tyne. Indonesian Navy — one Olympus TM3B, two diesel.Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006. — one Olympus TM3B, two diesel.Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006. Specifications

Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus

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