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Kamewa is a Swedish company which was acquired by the British Vickers group in 1996. Acquiring Vickers in 1999, Rolls-Royce plc now owns the Kamewa portfolio. Vickers plc was the remainder of the Vickers company after the privatisation of three of its four operating groups; aviation (50% share of British Aircraft Corporation in 1977), shipbuilding (Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group in 1977) and steel. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Rolls-Royce plc is the second-largest aircraft engine maker in the world, behind General Electric Aviation. ...


The Kamewa waterjets are still traded by Rolls-Royce under that name and are offered in four versions, Typical jet ski pump jet A pump-jet is a marine propulsion system that creates a jet of water for impulse. ...

  • Kamewa A
    100% Aluminium construction, primiarily for high performance boats.
  • Kamewa FF
    Small series of waterjets for applications of 3 to 72 tonnes displacement.
  • Kamewa S
    For fast ferry applications, e.g. the Stena HSS operated from Great Britain to Ireland/European continent.
  • Kamewa Advanced Propulsion Systems
    Waterjet developed specifically for the Volvo Penta diesel engine.

Rolls-Royce also produces Kamewa and Kamewa Ulstein propellers. This article is about the continent. ... AB Volvo (or Aktiebolaget Volvo) is a world-leading Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. ...


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NAUTICALweb - Rolls-Royce, Kamewa Waterjet (652 words)
Kamewa is a Swedish company taken over by a British colossus, which boasts a long experience in the sector of hydro-jet propulsion, systems used on thousands of ships and boats all over the world.
The Kamewa A series hydro-jets are recommended by Rolls-Royce for planing boats required to produce a speed of over 30 knots with displacement between 31,000 and 218,000 lbs., allowing for single, double, triple and even quadruple installation.
Thanks to the materials used for all the system components, the Kamewa hydro-jets are guaranteed free from problems such as corrosion; none of the immersed parts are, in fact, sensitive to the deteriorating agents of the marine environment.
Kamewa Waterjets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (138 words)
Kamewa is a Swedish company which was acquired by the British Vickers group in 1996.
The Kamewa waterjets are still traded by Rolls-Royce under that name and are offered in four versions,
Kamewa FF Small series of waterjets for applications of 3 to 72 tonnes displacement.
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