Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company company. In 1944, Parsons was one of 19 companies which formed the 'Parsons and Marine Engineering Turbine Research and Development Association', usually known as Pametrada. The last ship to use a Parsons propulsion system was launched in 1964. The company was absorbed into C. A. Parsons and Company and survives in the Heaton area of Newcastle as part of Siemens, a German industrial conglomerate. Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British engineering company based in Wallsend, North East England, on the River Tyne. The company was founded by Charles Algernon Parsons in 1897 with
Hedwig von Wissmann (steamship) 9 February 1916 at 11h50 in the Battle for Lake Tanganyika including and . German casualties were engineer and two native stokers killed in the engine room; a warrant officer and some natives killed and a European stoker and native seaman slightly wounded when two of the ships boats were hit by shells. Twelve Europeans, including the captain Job Odebrecht, and eight natives were captured by the British. Hedwig von Wissmann (steamship) The Hedwig von Wissmann was a German steamboat on Lake Tanganyika, which became a feature in the story behind the film "The African Queen". She was sister vessel