Twin screw tanker under construction at Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson yard, Wallsend-on-Tyne, for Hilmar Reksten, Bergen, Norway, has length bp 625 ft, breadth 86 ft, depth 46 ft, more than 26,000 dwt, and speed 15 1/2 knots; powered by Wallsend-Doxford engines developing 11,000 bhp; tanker includes 33 oil tanks plus dry tanks.


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    Title :

    British-built 31,000-ton motor tanker


    Additional title:

    Brit Motor Ship


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1952


    Remarks:

    supp sheet


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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