俄里翁级战列舰由两组帕森斯直接驱动蒸汽轮机提供动力,每组驱动两个轴,使用18台Babcock & Wilcox锅炉提供的蒸汽。涡轮机的额定功率为27,000匹軸馬力(20,000千瓦特),旨在使战列舰的速度达到21节(39km/h)。[2]在1911年9月的海上试航期间,俄里翁号的时速达到了21.3节(39.4km/h)。在携带足够的煤炭和燃料的情况下,这一级别战列舰的可在巡航速度为10节(19km/h)的情况下航行12460公里。[3]
^The Navy List(PDF). National Library of Scotland. His Majesty's Stationery Office: 695–6, 707a. 18 October 1920 [17 March 2017]. (原始内容(PDF)存档于2022-03-06).
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