Largest Japanese-built motorship; length b.p. 560 ft.; gross tonnage 16,500; maximum speed 19 knots; deadweight capacity 8000 tons; four Sulzer-type engines are installed, each developing 3875 b.hp. at 115 r.p.m. to 120 r.p.m., and having eight cylinders 680 mm. bore with piston stroke of 1000 mm. (see also - vol. 9, no. 107, Feb. 1929, pp. 434-437, 5 figs; Log, vol. 14, no. 2, Nov. 1929, pp. 5-6, 2 figs)


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    Title :

    The first N.Y.K. transpacific motor liner


    Additional title:

    Brit. Motor Ship


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1929


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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