Powerplants built to propel ships and other watercraft, from large slow speed diesel engines used in commercial shipping to steam turbines used historically in ocean liners and warships. Belongs here: named marine engine families and specific notable engine models or installations. Does not belong here: the vessels themselves, grouped under the vehicle type's own cargo, passenger or traditional watercraft subcategories.
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1. Wikipedia: Marine steam engine
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Scottish engineer William Symington built the world's "first practical steamboat", the Charlotte Dundas, in 1802.
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