The Legendary Napier Deltic - 88 Litre Opposed 2-Stroke Triangle Engine

Get your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/curiousdroid. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/genres/science-tech In the mid-1940s the British admiralty was looking for a new high speed, high power diesel to use in their motor torpedo boats, they turned to Napier to come up with a new engine and the result was the most powerful diesel in the world for its size and weight that went on to power Navy boats, locomotives and even the most powerful fire engine pump in the world. This is the story of the Napier Deltic super diesel engine. This video is sponsored by MagellanTV https://try.magellantv.com/curiousdroid Written, Researched and Presented by Paul Shillito Images and Footage : The Spanish Inquisition, British Rail, English Electric, Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG, Justin Watkins AD ClassicTech, Lars Erik Nes, Andy Eggers, William Rashak, Jimmie Dobson A big thank you also goes to all our Patreons :-) Eριχθόνιος JL Abrakodabra Kobra / 25% Ai Andrew Gaess Andrew SMITH Brian Kelly Cameron Elliot Carl Soderstrom Charles Thacker ChasingSol Collin Copfer Dom Riccobene Dragoncorps Etienne Dechamps Florian Müller George Bishop II Henning Bitsch Henri Saussure inunotaisho james t early Jim Early Johan Rombaut john edwards Jonathan Merage Jonathan Travers Ken Schwarz László Antal Lawrence Brennan Lorne Diebel Pyloric Sergey Massazhenko SHAMIR stefan hufenbach Steve J - LakeCountySpacePort Tawn Kramer Vincent Will Lowe Music from the Youtube library Beginnings (Intro) by The Tower of Light Heaven and Hell by Jeremy Blake