Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus
The Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus is a marine gas turbine based on the Rolls-Royce Olympus aircraft turbojet engine.
| Marine Olympus | |
|---|---|
| Marine Olympus on display at the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Derby | |
| Type | Gas turbine |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Bristol Siddeley Rolls-Royce Limited |
| First run | 1960s |
| Developed from | Rolls-Royce Olympus |
History
The first Marine Olympus was built for the German Navy. In 1962 BSEL was contracted to provide the gas-generator and Brown Boveri was contracted to provide a two-stage long-life marine power turbine. A test bed was built for extensive shore trials. Construction of the ship which was intended for gas-turbine power was abandoned. Test running of the next marine Olympus began in 1966. The power turbine was of a single stage operating at 5,600 rpm utilising wide-chord blades. Beginning its sea trials in early 1968, Turunmaa, a 700-ton corvette of the Finnish Navy was the first Olympus-powered warship to enter service, some six months before HMS Exmouth, the first British ship which had been refitted to trial the propulsion system for the Royal Navy.[1]
The TM1 and TM2 variants comprised a power turbine baseplate carrying the turbine and the gas generator mountings, and differed significantly only in the construction of the power turbine structure, which was a steel casting on the TM1 and a fabrication on the TM2. All TM1 and TM2 installations were fitted with an A-rated gas generator, serial numbers 2013xx.
The TM3 comprised a similar power turbine baseplate plus a gas generator enclosure, an air intake enclosure, and many support services including ventilation and fire extinguishing systems. All TM3 installations were fitted with a B-rated gas generator, serial numbers 2017xx.
Variants
Olympus TM1
23,200 shp (17,300 kW) nominal. Installed ratings quoted where known.
- Finnish Navy
- Turunmaa-class corvettes — one Olympus, three diesels.[1]
- Royal Navy
- HMS Exmouth — one Olympus derated to 15,000 shp (11,000 kW), two Proteus.[1]
- Type 82 destroyer, HMS Bristol — two Olympus, two steam turbines.[1]
Olympus TM2
23,200 shp (17,300 kW) nominal. Installed ratings quoted where known.
- Iranian Navy
- Alvand-class frigates — two Olympus at 23,000 shp (17,000 kW), two diesel.[2]
- Royal Malaysian Navy
- Libyan Navy
- Dat Assawari frigate — two Olympus at 23,200 shp (17,300 kW), two diesel.[4]
Olympus TM3
28,000 shp (21,000 kW) nominal. Installed ratings quoted where known.
- Royal Navy
- Argentine Navy
- Almirante Brown-class destroyer — two Olympus at 25,800 shp (19,200 kW), two Tyne.[8]
- Brazilian Navy
- Niterói-class frigate — two Olympus TB3B at 28,000 shp (21,000 kW), four MTU 16V956 TB91.[9]
- Nigerian Navy
- Royal Thai Navy
- HTMS Makut Rajakumarn frigate — one Olympus at 19,500 shp (14,500 kW), one diesel.[11]
- Hellenic Navy
- Elli-class frigates — two Olympus, two Tyne.[12]
- French Navy
- Georges Leygues-class destroyers — two Olympus at 26,000 shp (19,000 kW), two diesel.[13]
- Belgian Navy
- Wielingen-class frigates — one Olympus at 27,575 shp (20,563 kW), two diesel.[14]
- Royal Netherlands Navy
- Tromp-class frigates — two Olympus at 20,000 shp (15,000 kW), two Tyne.[7]
- Kortenaer-class frigates — two Olympus at 25,700 shp (19,200 kW), two Tyne.[11]
- Jacob van Heemskerck-class frigates — two Olympus at 25,700 shp (19,200 kW), two Tyne.[11]
- Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
- Ishikari-class destroyer escort — one Olympus, one diesel.[5]
- Yūbari-class destroyer escort — one Olympus at 24,700 shp (18,400 kW), one diesel.[15]
- Hatsuyuki-class destroyer — two Olympus, two Tyne.[5]
- Indonesian Navy
- Dewantara-class corvette — one Olympus TM3B, two diesel.[16]
- Fatahillah-class corvette — one Olympus TM3B, two diesel.[17]
Specifications
Data from Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust
Components
- Compressor: 5-stage LP, 7-stage HP
- Combustors: 8 chamber, cannular
- Turbine: Single-stage LP and HP
Performance
- Maximum power output: 28,500 shp (21.4 MW)
- Specific fuel consumption: 0.47 lb/hp/hr (0.287 kg/KWh)
References
- Baxter 1990 p 101
- Potts 2011 IRIS Alvand Light Frigate militaryfactory.com
- KD Rahmat quoting Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
- Libyan frigate Dat Assawari quoting Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
- Baxter 1990 p 107
- Type 42 guided missile destroyer naval-hazegray.org
- Baxter 1990 p 115
- Almirante Brown class military-today.com
- Niteroi class naviosbrasileiros.com.br
- FF Aradu (MEKO 360) class' Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine harpoondatabases.com
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
- Baxter 1990 p 111
- Miller, David; Chris Miller (1986). Modern Naval Combat. USA: Salamandar Books. pp. 100–101. ISBN 0-517-61350-6.
- Weilingen globalsecurity.org
- Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006.
- Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006.
- Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006.