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name the first royal navy ship to have two propellers

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mickman | 12:27 Tue 27th Nov 2012 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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I have googled this question but still cannot find the answer so I thought I
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HMS Vixen (1865) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vixen_%281865%29
12:39 Tue 27th Nov 2012
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http://www.shipsonstamps.org/Topics/html/antrieb.htm

1888 - ss City of New York" ???
12:31 Tue 27th Nov 2012
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Sorry, it wasn't a RN ship
12:32 Tue 27th Nov 2012
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HMS Nelson 1882?
12:33 Tue 27th Nov 2012
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HMS Vixen (1865) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vixen_%281865%29
12:39 Tue 27th Nov 2012
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_Buffel

We were already building twin-propped ships for foreign navies as far back as 1868, so I'd say that the RN almost certainly had one before 1882. Can't find anything to back that up, though...
12:40 Tue 27th Nov 2012
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Well, there you have it! Nice one, Fitzer...
12:40 Tue 27th Nov 2012
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Thanks Fitzer your the man ! and thanks everyone else for your help.
11:50 Thu 29th Nov 2012

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