It specialised in building the steam turbine engines that he had invented for marine use.
[3] Four direct-drive Parsons turbines powered battleship USS Arizona.
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 destroyer HMS Glamorgan, launched in 1964,[2] had a Parsons propulsion system.
The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2, launched in 1969, had Parsons turbines.