Rødvig Ship Motor Museum (Danish: ''Rødvig Skibsmotormuseum'') is located in

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. It is one of several technical museums in

. The

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was started in 1987. As of 2013 the

has a collection of approximately 400 different

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s, produced mostly by now defunct Danish factories over the period 1898 to 1974. The engines range in size from small outboards up to one

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MTU medium-sized diesel of 2 000 hp.

History

At one time or another there were about 140 different producers of marine engines in

. In 2013, only five of those 140 companies are still active: Hundested Propeller,

Burmeister & Wain Burmeister & Wain was a large established Danish shipyard and leading diesel engine producer headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded by two Danes and an Englishman, its earliest roots stretch back to 1846. Over its 150-year history, it g ...

, Grenaa Motor Fabrik, Callesen Diesel (merged with Bukh), & Bukh Diesel (merged with Callesen). Engines from over half of the former 140 Danish producers can be found at the museum. Some of these are in working order and can be run within the

. Four such ready-to-run engines are hot-bulb semi-diesel types from: "Tuxham", "Hein & Sons", "Dan", and "Danmark" (Rudkøbing). The

exhibits comprise a spectrum of marine engine development from 1898 onwards, as well as charting the simultaneous slow decline towards near extinction of marine engine manufacture in

. The museum's collection includes many other maritime articles besides engines. The

also has an archive with extensive documentation and technical material about various engines and their manufacturers. It commemorated its 25th anniversary in September 2012.

References

Other Sources

*Køge Dagbladet, 4 September 2012, Sektion 2, Side 9

External links

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