New boat built by Thornycroft and Co for Compania Shell de Venezuela, for conveying crews to and from offshore oil sites in Lake Maracaibo; vessel is 80 ft in length, has capacity for carrying 60 passengers at speed of 35 knots; two 18-cyl Napier Deltic engines develop combined total of 3300 hp at 1500 rpm. (see also Mar Eng and Naval Architect v 81 n 986 Oct 1958 p 387-91; Engineering v 186 n 4820 July 25 1958 p 120-1; Rivers and Harbors v 43 n 10 Oct 1958 p 18-19)


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    Title :

    Fast passenger launch for Venezuela


    Additional title:

    Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1958


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Fast passenger launch for Venezuela

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