Everything about Steering Engine totally explained
A
steering engine is a power
steering device for
ships.
History
The first steering engine with feedback was installed on
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's
Great Eastern in
1866.
This was a steam-powered mechanical amplifier used to drive the
rudder position to match the
wheel position. The size of the Great Eastern, by far the largest ship of its day, made power steering a necessity.
Large steam-powered warships with manual steering needed huge crews to turn the rudder rapidly. The Royal Navy once used 78 men hauling on
block and tackle gear to manually turn the rudder on the
HMS Minotaur (1863), in a test of manual vs. steam powered steering.
Steam-powered steering engines were employed on large steamships thereafter. The picture at the right shows the steering engine for the
RMS Olympic, sister ship to the
RMS Titanic.
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