Kamewa Waterjets

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Kamewa is a Swedish company which was acquired by the British Vickers group in 1986. Acquiring Vickers in 1999[1] , Rolls-Royce plc now owns the Kamewa portfolio.

The Kamewa waterjets are still traded by Rolls-Royce under that name and are offered in four versions,

  • Kamewa A
    100% Aluminium construction, primarily for high performance boats.[2]
  • Kamewa FF[3]
    Small series of waterjets for applications of 3 to 72 tonnes displacement.
  • Kamewa S
    For fast ferry applications[4], e.g. the Stena HSS operated from Great Britain to Ireland/European continent.
  • Kamewa Advanced Propulsion Systems
    Waterjet developed specifically for the Volvo Penta diesel engine[2]

Rolls-Royce also produces Kamewa and Kamewa Ulstein propellers.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rolls-Royce in Aircraft and Marine Propulsion, and Power Generation, pp. 3, <http://www.raf08.com/pdf/180-185.pdf> 
  2. ^ a b ROLLS-ROYCE, KAMEWA WATERJET. nautica.it. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  3. ^ Kamewa FF-series waterjets. Retrieved on 2007-05-28.
  4. ^ Kamewa S-series. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.

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