Built and engined by David and William Henderson and Co., Glasgow, to order of Southern Railway Co., for increasing traffic in motor cars and their passengers across English Channel; length, o.a. 23 ft.; breadth, extreme 35 ft. 8 in.; load draft 11 ft. 6 in.; gross tonnage 822 tons; machinery consists of two sets of 4-cylinder triple-expansion engines having cylinders 15 in., 25 in., 29 in., and 29 in. diam., with stroke of 21 in.; steam is supplied at pressure of 200 lb. per sq. in. by two double-ended boilers; sea speed 15 knots. (See also Shipbldg. and Shipg. Rec vol. 37, no. 12, Mar. 19, 1931 pp. 357-358, 5 figs)


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    Titel :

    Cross-channel motor-car ferry "autocarrier"


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry. Gaz


    Erschienen in:

    Railway Gazette and Railway News ; 54 , n 15 ; p 547-548


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1931


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Anmerkungen:

    3 Figs.


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Cross-channel motor-car ferry "autocarrier"

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