Ferry boat for passenger and vehicular traffic across Firth of Forth; length oa 149 ft; breadth 28 ft; welded construction details; two main generating sets, each comprising 200-bhp Paxman 8-cyl, 4-stroke airless-injection engines coupled direct to Metropolitan-Vickers main and auxiliary generator units. (See also Engineering v 137 n 3556 Mar 9 1934 p 288-90; Engineer v 157 n 4078 Mar 9 1934 p 260-1; and Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 43 n 9 Mar 1 1934 p 220-3; Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 41 n 289 Apr 1934 p 169-72 1 supp plate; also French description in Genie Civil v 104 n 19 May 12 1934 p 430-2)


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    Title :

    Diesel-electric paddle ferry boats Queen Margaret and Robert the Bruce


    Additional title:

    Brit Motor Ship


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1934


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English