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For more than a hundred years Siemens Marine Technology has been
specializing in the design, manufacture and commissioning of electrical
equipment for all types of merchant vessels, naval vessels and
submarines worldwide.
Our automation systems and diesel-electric drive
systems are installed in a large number of vessels.
In times of intensified environmental awareness Siemens Marine Solutions
is readily prepared for Green Ship Solutions featuring low emission
electric propulsion systems including waste heat recovery.
Siemens also specializes in turnkey projects and conversions. Our
subsidiaries are located throughout the world and offer service and
after sales support.
A long history of success
Siemens first venture onto water was in 1874, when its English
subsidiary, Siemens Brothers, operated a special ship called the FARADAY
to lay transatlantic cables between Europe and America. In order to
avoid having to stop work at night, an electrical system was installed
on the Faraday in 1877, the first in the world on a ship. The equipment
consisted of a direct current generator and a large arc lamp. This lamp
contained two carbon electrodes to which voltage was applied until a
bright arc light was created between them. It thus became possible to
completely light up the deck of the Faraday.One year later, Siemens
launched the differential arc lamp on the market, in which the carbon
rods, which gradually burned away, were re-adjusted automatically. It
was therefore possible to connect several lamps to one generator and use
them to illuminate the ship. The arc technique was more suitable for
projector lights but it was the best kind of lamp at the time, given
that gas lighting on ships was not a possibility. In 1879, Siemens
equipped three German ships with electrical installations: the HANNOVER,
the THEBEN and the HOLSATIA were fitted out with generators, projector
lights and interior lighting. In the same year, Siemens and Halske
delivered a power generation and lighting system to England for the
steam ship CITY OF BERLIN. These orders more than 125 years ago are regarded as the official start
of a long history of success: Siemens had boarded and was to remain on
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