Britain benefited from having more than one capable source of marine turbines. Parsons machinery was joined by competing Brown designs, accelerating experimentation and reducing dependence on a single supplier. Turbine installations across British destroyers and ships for the Canadian and Australian navies show how widely the technology spread. This industrial competition moved turbine design forward quickly while giving naval customers meaningful alternatives.
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Competing turbine suppliers accelerate British development
Britain's access to more than one capable turbine supplier turned industrial competition into a naval-engineering advantage.