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2. Electric boat - Wikipedia

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   An electric boat is a powered watercraft driven by electric motors, which are powered by either on-board battery packs, solar panels or generators. [ 1 ] While a significant majority of water vessels are powered by diesel engines, with sail power and gasoline engines also popular, boats powered by electricity have been used for over 120 years.

3. General Dynamics Electric Boat - Wikipedia

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   General Dynamics Electric Boat[2] (GDEB) is a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation. It has been the primary builder of submarines for the United States Navy for more than 100 years. The company's main facilities are a shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, a hull-fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and a design ...

4. Type XXI submarine - Wikipedia

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   Armour. Bridge: 17mm. Type XXI submarines were a class of German diesel–electric Elektroboot (German: "electric boat") submarines designed during the Second World War. One hundred and eighteen were completed, with four being combat-ready. During the war only two were put into active service and went on patrols, but these were not used in combat.

5. List of solar-powered boats - Wikipedia

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   Solar Sailor of Australia. List of solar-powered boats is a list of boats powered by the sun, typically solar panels providing electrical power to motors. Aditya, India's First Solar Ferry, [2] 75 passenger boat is operating in Vaikom, Kerala, India. [3][4] Alstersonne is a passenger ferry for 100 persons on the river Alster in Hamburg, Germany.

6. Marine propulsion - Wikipedia

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   Marine propulsion. Rolls-Royce Marine Spey, a gas turbine developed by Rolls-Royce Holdings in the 1960s for marine propulsion. Marine propulsion is the mechanism or system used to generate thrust to move a watercraft through water. While paddles and sails are still used on some smaller boats, most modern ships are propelled by mechanical ...

7. Type 212A submarine - Wikipedia

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   Type 212A submarine. The Type 212A is a class of diesel-electric attack submarine developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG (HDW) for the German Navy (German: U-Boot-Klasse 212 A), and the Italian Navy where it is known as the Todaro class. [7] It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP) system using ...