Twin screw steel motor ferry, Eket, built by J.Samuel White and Co, Cowes, to order of Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool, for carrying passengers and motor cars between Calabar and Oron; length oa 178 ft 11 in.; breadth molded 30 ft; depth molded 9 ft 9 in.; load draft in fresh water 4 ft 9 in.; gross tonnage 394; propelled by two sets of Widdop 6-cyl, 2-stroke, single acting Diesel engines, each developing 300 bhp at 350 rpm. (see also Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 57 n 497 Apr 1950 p 209-11)


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    Title :

    Motor ferry for West Africa


    Additional title:

    Shipbldg Shipg Rec


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1950


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    1 Supp Sheet


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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