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“…As indicated above, the gunboat engines were also considered by many marine historians as 'probably the first recorded instance of massproduction being applied to marine engineering' and many believed that standardisation of components was required (Osbon, 1965;Preston and Major, 1965). Most commentators have assumed that Joseph Whitworth's standard gauge threads were also used.…”

Section: The Excavation Of the Ss Xantho Machinerymentioning

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“…While recycling of Crimean War gunboat engines became the norm as the ships into which they were fitted literally fell apart after being hurriedly built of green timber, a number of improved types were built soon after the war (Osbon, 1965;Preston and Major, 1965;Archibald, 1968). A total of 20 of the Britomart class of improved gunboats were ordered; ten in 1859 from private shipyards and a further ten in 1861 from Portsmouth (Colledge, 1969).…”

Section: The Excavation Of the Ss Xantho Machinerymentioning

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Screw Threads on the SSXanthoEngine: a Case of Standardisation in 19th Century Britain

McCarthy¹,

Garcia

2004

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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A former RN gunboat horizontal trunk engine taken from the SS Xantho (1848–1872) in 1985 was totally disassembled by May 2004. All the threads on the engine were examined and the majority were found to be British Standard Whitworth (BSW). This provides material evidence of the spread of standardisation at a time when the Royal Navy commissioned the first mass‐produced marine engines and fitted them to the ‘Crimean War Gunboat’ types. The study also provides a pointer to the use of screw threads as a diagnostic tool in maritime archaeology. © 2004 The Nautical Archaeology Society

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Section: The Excavation Of the Ss Xantho Machinerymentioning

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Section: The Excavation Of the Ss Xantho Machinerymentioning

confidence: 99%