Used Marine Engines What Was The Year That The First Diesel Engine Was Used On A Marine Subject?

What was the year that the first diesel engine was used on a marine subject? - used marine engines

FIRST Marine Diesel
In 1903 Dr. Rudolph Diesel, the French engineers had to work with Adrian Bochet and Frederic Dyckhoff uses a small diesel engine to power a boat channel. It was the first application of a diesel engine for ship propulsion.
That same year, used diesel engines for large ships, which already started in Russia. Nobel Bros had used diesel-powered engines in the 244 m 6 x 31 ft. 9 in. vandals. All three ships saw in the Volga in Russia, was provided by three diesel engines with three cylinders, each minute developing countries powered 120 hp at 240 rpm.

Zealand (1912)
November 4, 1911 marked the beginning of a new era. On that day, which was 6,800 tons deadweight, Zealand, the first diesel engine, the ship Ocean power, in the yard Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark launched. Delivered in February 1912, the 370 meters x 53 meters Zealand was one of three warships ordered by the Danish East Asiatic Company exchange service between Scandinavia, Genoa, Italy, and Bangkok, Thailand.
The engine power is supplied by two eight-cylinder and four-cYCLE, the diesel engines of 1250 hp with a twin-screw arrangement. The engines were spinning and branches.