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)
Fast passenger launch for Venezuela
Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 65 , n 607
1958
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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