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[jacquesm]

Gas turbines are still common on war ships.

[mschuster91 → jacquesm]

A turbine is, as the name says, massively different from a boiler.

[jacquesm → mschuster91]

Yes, but it is not a diesel engine.

So there are other means of propulsion for large ships besides diesel.

Oh, and even steam turbines are still used (on natural gas carriers, they simply burn some of the cargo!).