Maritime museums · Scottish Lowlands
Turbinia
Turbinia in Scotland Lowlands, United Kingdom.
Andrew Curtis — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Turbinia is a preserved museum ship in Scotland Lowlands, United Kingdom — a vessel of historic significance preserved as a public visitor attraction. Britain's museum ships span Tudor warships (Mary Rose), tea clippers (Cutty Sark), Victorian battleships (HMS Warrior) and 20th-century submarines.
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From the Wikipedia article
Turbinia is the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894 by Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, and easily the fastest ship in the world at that time, Turbinia was demonstrated dramatically at the Spithead Navy Review in 1897 and set the standard for the next generation of steamships, the majority of which would be turbine powered. The vessel is currently located at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, while her original powerplant is located at the Science Museum in London.
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- Coordinates
- 54.9691, -1.6245
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE1 4JA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Phone
- +44 191 2326789
- Opening
- Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00; Sa, Su 11:00-16:00
- Official site
- discoverymuseum.org.uk
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Turbinia?
- Turbinia is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode NE1 4JA), in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area.
- Who owns Turbinia?
- Turbinia is owned by |operator=.
- How do I get to Turbinia?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE1 4JA. It sits within the Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West parliamentary constituency.