Built by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson; length oa 516 ft 4 in.; breadth 65 ft; depth molded to upper deck 43 ft 10 in.; propelled by two 8-cyl Wallsend-Sulzer 2-stroke, single-acting, crosshead, airless-injection engines, with 720 mm bore by 1250 mm stroke and developing 4800 bhp at 120 rpm. (See also Mar Engr v 58 n 696 Sept 1935 p 239-41 and 244; Mar Eng and Shipg Age v 40 n 10 Oct 1935 p 383-5 and Brit Motor Ship v 16 n 187 Sept 1935 p 198-201)


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    Title :

    Cargo liner "port Townsville"


    Additional title:

    Shipbldg Shipg Rec


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1935


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Cargo liner "Port Townsville"

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