Fiona, built by Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co of Dundee, for carriage of sugar and molasses in bulk; length 285 ft; breadth 44 ft; deadweight carrying capacity 3500 tons; shelter-deck cargo type with machinery fitted aft, molasses being carried in topside wing tanks and transverse tanks under main deck; propelled by single set of triple-expansion engines with two single-ended cylindrical multi-tubular boilers. (See also Engineer v 155 n 4036 May 19 1933 p 508; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 41 n 18 and 22 May 4 1933 p 442 and June 1 p 539-40; and Mar Engr v 56 n 669 June 1933)
Unusual cargo ship
Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 40 , n 279
1933
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1933
Engineering Index Backfile | 1933
Unusual Dutch-built refrigerated cargo ship
Engineering Index Backfile | 1961