Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus
The Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus is a marine gas turbine based on the Rolls-Royce Olympus aircraft turbojet engine.
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, the first British ship which had been refitted to trial the propulsion system for the Royal Navy.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
nominal. Installed ratings quoted where known.- Finnish Navy
- * Turunmaa-class corvettes — one Olympus, three diesels.
- Royal Navy
- * HMS Exmouth — one Olympus derated to, two Proteus.
- * Type 82 destroyer, — two Olympus, two steam turbines.
Olympus TM2
nominal. Installed ratings quoted where known.- Iranian Navy
- * frigates — two Olympus at, two diesel.
- Royal Malaysian Navy
- * frigate — one Olympus at, one diesel.
- Libyan Navy
- * frigate — two Olympus at, two diesel.
Olympus TM3
nominal. Installed ratings quoted where known.- Royal Navy
- * aircraft carriers — four Olympus at.
- * Type 42 destroyers — two Olympus at, two Tyne.
- * Type 21 frigates — two Olympus at, two Tyne.
- * Type 22 frigates Batch 1 and 2 — two Olympus, two Tyne.
- Argentine Navy
- * — two Olympus at, two Tyne.
- Brazilian Navy
- * — two Olympus TB3B at, four MTU 16V956 TB91.
- Nigerian Navy
- * frigate — two Olympus, two diesels.
- Royal Thai Navy
- * frigate — one Olympus at, one diesel.
- Hellenic Navy
- * frigates — two Olympus, two Tyne.
- French Navy
- * destroyers — two Olympus at, two diesel.
- Belgian Navy
- * frigates — one Olympus at, two diesel.
- Royal Netherlands Navy
- * s — two Olympus at, two Tyne.
- * s — two Olympus at, two Tyne.
- * s — two Olympus at, two Tyne.
- Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
- * Ishikari-class destroyer escort — one Olympus, one diesel.
- * — one Olympus at, one diesel.
- * — two Olympus, two Tyne.
- Indonesian Navy
- * — one Olympus TM3B, two diesel.
- * — one Olympus TM3B, two diesel.