Vessel built by Barclay, Curle and Co, at Clydeholm Shipbuilding Yard, Glasgow; length 325 ft; breadth molded 47 ft; depth molded 23 ft 6 in.; main machinery consists of Burmeister and Wain single-acting, directly reversible, airless-injection 8-cyl Diesel engine; cyl diam 500-mm by 900-mm stroke; engine develops normally 1740 bhp at about 110 rpm. (See also - n 282 Sept 1933 p 417; Mar Engr v 56 n 674 Nov 1933 p 332-7; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 42 n 18 Nov 2 1933 p 417-23; and Brit Motor Ship v 14 n 165 Nov 1933 p 269-72)


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    Title :

    Australian motorship "Malaita"


    Additional title:

    Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1933


    Size :

    9 pages


    Remarks:

    1 Supp plate


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Australian motorship "Malaita"

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