Hydrofoil ship Victoria, built by Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Co for Northwest Hydrofoil Lines, is for service between Seattle, Wash, and Victoria, BC; trip will take 90 min as against 40 min for regular airline and 4 1/2-5 hr for ferry; length oa 65 ft, hull beam 16 ft, maximum span of foils 30 ft 6 in., full-load displacement 37 tons; 2 General Electric gas turbines are each rated 1000 shp and weigh only 320 lb.


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    Title :

    Can hydrofoils compete successfully with aircraft


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Marine Engineering ; 68 , n 9 ; p 63-64


    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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