Editing Steamship (section)

==1900–present ==
[[File:Mauretania 1930s.JPG|thumb|[[RMS Mauretania (1906)|RMS ''Mauretania'']], built in 1906, and the sister to the RMS ''Lusitania'', was one of the first ocean liners to adopt the steam turbine.]]
After the demonstration by British engineer [[Charles Algernon Parsons|Charles Parsons]] of his steam turbine-driven yacht, ''[[Turbinia]]'', in 1897, the use of steam turbines for propulsion quickly spread. The Cunard [[RMS Mauretania (1906)|RMS ''Mauretania'']], built in 1906 was one of the first ocean liners to use the [[steam turbine]] (with a late design change shortly before her keel was laid down) and was soon followed by all subsequent liners.<ref>{{Cite book|title= The Only Way to Cross|last=Maxtone-Graham|first=John|year=1972|publisher= Collier Books|location= New York|page=15}}</ref>

{{RMS|Titanic}} was the largest steamship in the world when she sank in 1912; a subsequent major sinking of a steamer was that of the {{RMS|Lusitania}}, as an act of [[World War&nbsp;I]].
[[File:Titanic in color.png|alt=|left|thumb|{{RMS |Titanic}} was the largest steamship in the world in 1912 (sank on 15 April).]]
Launched in 1938, {{RMS|Queen Elizabeth}} was the largest passenger steamship ever built. Launched in 1969, ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]'' (QE2) was the last passenger steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean on a scheduled liner voyage before she was converted to diesels in 1986. The last major passenger ship built with steam turbines was the ''[[Pacific Sky|Fairsky]]'', launched in 1984,{{Citation needed |date=November 2012}} later [[Atlantic Star (cruise ship)|''Atlantic Star'']], reportedly sold to Turkish shipbreakers in 2013.

Most luxury yachts at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries were steam driven (see [[luxury yacht]]; also [[Cox & King yachts]]). Thomas Assheton Smith was an English aristocrat who forwarded the design of the steam yacht in conjunction with the Scottish marine engineer [[Robert Napier (engineer)|Robert Napier]].<ref>
[[#Dawson|Dawson, Journal, 2006]], p.331ff</ref>