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Following a number of smaller experimental boats and ships in the mid and late 1830s, the first screw powered ocean-going ship was the British
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to apply his screw-propeller to steam vessels. After several experimental versions, Clyde launched the twin-screw propeller steamer
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Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia From Its First Settlement to the Year 1895
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In the 19th century, this designation was normally used in contradistinction to the
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making it the first screw steamer built in the United States for commercial use.
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Lincoln's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1861-65
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Many famous ships were screw steamers, including the
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S/S Ukkopekka
steamship
steamboat
steam engine
propellers
paddle steamer
RMS Titanic
RMS Lusitania
SS Archimedes
Francis Smith
Thomas Clyde
Swedish
John Ericsson
List of ships
SS Archimedes
Canney, 1998
Canney, 1998
Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia From Its First Settlement to the Year 1895
Lincoln's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1861-65
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