Built by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow, for French Line's Caribbean fruit services; length oa 375 ft; breadth 52 ft 6 in.; depth 29 ft; gross tonnage 5050 tons; propelled by two Stephen-Sulzer 8-cyl engines, type 8SD60, developing 8000 bhp at 150 rpm.
"Fort Richepanse"; 17-knot Diesel Fruit Carrier
Mar Engr Naval Architect
Marine Engineer and Naval Architect ; 72 , n 869 ; p 459-460
1949
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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