Machinery arrangements in twin screw 14 1/2-knot M.T.Octavian launched by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd, for H.R.Bergen; length oa 652 ft, breadth molded 86 ft, loaded draft 34 ft 6 in., cargo tank capacity (98%) 1, 410,000 cu ft; propelled by two 5-cyl Wallsend-Doxford engines with service output of 11,000 bhp at 116 rpm; engine room plans. (See also - v 34 n 405 Dec 1953 p 366, supp sheet)
First 31,000-ton motor tanker
Brit Motor Ship
British Motor Ship ; 35 , n 409
1954
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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