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Propulsion

Dreadnoughts were propelled by two to four screw propellers.[73] Dreadnought herself, and all British dreadnoughts, had screw shafts driven by steam turbines. However, the first generation of dreadnoughts built in other nations used the slower triple-expansion steam engine which had been standard in pre-dreadnoughts.[74] Turbines...

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