Largest motorship built; length o.a. 712 ft.; beam 82 ft.; displacement 36,440 tons; speed 17 knots; engine power 20,000 s.hp.; engine speed 102 r.p.m.; powered by 2 10-cylinder Harland-B and W double-acting 4-cycle Diesel engines. (See also Motorship vol. 14, no. 8, Aug. 1930 pp. 494-505, 17 figs; Marine News, vol. 17, no. 3, Aug. 1930, pp. 53-54, 1 fig.; Brit. Motor Ship, vol. 10, no. 118, Jan. 1930, pp. 408-409, 4 figs., and vol. 11, nos. 124 and 125, June 1930, pp. 124-157, and July, pp. 181-182, 75 figs.; Am. Soc. Naval Engrs. -- Jl., vol. 42, no. 3, Aug. 1930, pp. 514-524, 3 figs.; Shipbldg. and Shipg. Rec., vol. 35, no. 26, June 26, 1930, pp. 803-812, 9 figs.; Shipbldr., vol. 37, no. 241, July 1930, pp. 590-614, 45 figs.; Engineering, vol, 129, no. 3363, June 27, 1930, pp. 836-838, 3 figs.; Engineer, vol. 149, no. 3885, June 27, 1930, pp. 710-712, 6 figs.; Mar. Rev. vol. 60, no. 8, Aug. 1930, pp. 20-24, 8 figs.; Mar. Eng. and Shipg. Age, vol. 35, no. 8, Aug. 1930, pp. 412-421 and 453, 24 figs.)
The monarch of motorshipping
Mar. Engr. Motorship Bldr
Marine Engineer and Motorship Builder ; 53 , n 634
1930
4 pages
7 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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