Top 7 Biggest Ship Propellers in the World
The propeller vessel Emma Maersk can easily be called the biggest marine propeller. The 5-bladed propeller has a diameter of 10.3 m and weighs a whopping 113 tons.
Hamburg Express has one of the biggest ship propellers.The propeller weighs 101.5 tons and has a diameter of 9.1 m and 6 blades. Its size can be compared to a three-storey building.
The biggest passenger ship of its time, Oasis of the Seas boasts one of the largest propellers ever fitted on a vessel. ABB manufactured the propellers with a 6.1 m diameter to run the massive ship.
The Titanic was one of the biggest ships of its time. Proportionately, its propellers were just as huge, too. This passenger vessel featured 3 propellers measuring 23 feet and 6 inches and weighed 38 tons each.
QE 2 is another huge ship that flaunts huge propellers. It holds a pair of propellers, each 22 feet in diameter and weighing about 43 tons.
This Antarctic icebreaker ship flaunts two massive propellers, each about 4 meters long with four blades. The main engines produce over 12,000 HP with twin 13′ propellersbladed propeller has a diameter of 10.3 m and weighs a whopping 113 tons.
This carnival cruise has two fixed-pitch propellers, each having four blades. They have a diameter of 5.6m & weigh around 14 tons.