Steamship, Orcades, built by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, for Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co; length oa 708 ft 8 in.; breadth oa 93 ft; depth molded to "E" deck 50 ft; draft 31 ft; twin screws are each driven by set of geared turbines of Parsons type, designed to develop 34,000 shp at 130 rpm; steam supplied at pressure of 500 psi and temperature of 850 F. (See also Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 72 n 25, 26, Dec 16 1948 p 722-8, 728A, Dec 23 p 765-6; Engineering v 166 n 4325 Dec 17 1948 p 584-6; Engineer v 186 n 4847, 4848, Dec 17 1948 p 622-3, Dec 24 p 647-9 (illus) p 646; Mar Engr and Naval Architect (formerly Mar Engr) v 72 n 860, 861, Jan 1949 p 4-22, Feb p 101-2; Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 56 n 481, 482 Jan 1949 p 38-47, 4 supp sheets, Feb p 119-31, 1 supp sheet; Air Treatment Engr v 12 n 11 Nov 1949 p 298-303)


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    Title :

    Largest and fastest ship in Australian passenger and mail service


    Additional title:

    Pac Mar Rev


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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