Sectioned model of the Gas Turbine fitted in the M.S. 'Auris'

Made:
1951-1953 in Rugby and United Kingdom
maker:
British Thomson-Houston Company Limited

Sectioned model, scale 1:8, of the marine gas turbine fitted in the M.S. 'Auris', (c. 1951), the first merchant ship to be fitted by gas-turbine propulsion, by British Thomson-Houston Company Limited, with glazed case on table stand (see note).

Details

Category:
Marine Engines
Object Number:
1953-227
Materials:
complete, copper (alloy), steel (metal), aluminium (metal) and plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 1600 mm x 920 mm x 320 mm,
type:
model - representation and turbine
credit:
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.