Twin-screw steamer
A twin-screw steamer is a steam-powered vessel propelled by two screw propellers, one on either side of the plane of the keel.Arrangement
All propellers produce a transverse thrust, also called screwing effect or starting bias, which gives a tendency for end of ship to move sideways. In a twin-screw ships the port propeller is usually left-handed and the starboard right handed to cancel out the transverse thrust thus avoiding propeller walk.
