Built expressly for Puget Sound-Oriental service; twin-screw vessel having gross tonnage of 11,600 tons and displacement of 20,500 tons; equipped with two sets of double-acting Burmeister and Wain Diesel engines, capable of developing average sea speed of 18 knots; length o.a. 535 ft., breadth 66 ft. and depth 41 ft. (See also Ry. and Mar. News, vol. 27, no. 5, May 1930 p. 16; Brit. Motor Ship, vol. 11, no. 123, June 1930, pp. 86-88, 4 figs.)


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    Title :

    The new N.Y.K. Motorship Hikawa Maru


    Additional title:

    Mar. Eng. Shipg. Age


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1930


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    1 Fig.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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