Integrated electric drive
Royal Navy Daring-class IEP engine (Type 45)
An integrated electric propulsion ( English integrated electric propulsion (IEP) or integrated full electric propulsion (IFEP) ) is a ship propulsion system in which ship diesel engines and / or gas turbines only generate electricity for the traction motors and have no mechanical connection with the propeller shafts . This drive system is z. B. used on many cruise ships and the guided missile destroyers of the Daring class (Type 45) of the British Royal Navy .