Replenishment vessel of 15,500 tons dw was built at Wallsend yard of Swan Hunter Group, is specifically stored to support aircraft carriers and their escorts and carries varying quantities of about 80,000 different items of general naval and aircraft stores; length oa 524 ft, breadth molded 72 ft, depth molded 44 ft 7 1/2 in., draft 25 ft 6 in., main engine is 8-cyl Sulzer type RD.76 unit, developing 11,520 bhp at 118 rpm, and built by Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co; plan.
Lyness -- First stores support ship designed for role completed for royal navy
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 109 , n 11
1967
6 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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