Length, 460 ft.; breadth 60 ft.; depth 31 ft. 6 in.; speed 13 1/2 knots; main machinery is identical with that fitted in same company's Greystoke Castle and Muncaster Castle except for detail improvements; engines are of North Eastern-Werkspoor four-stroke cycle single-acting type, each engine having six cylinders 29 in. in diam. by 59 1/8 in. piston stroke; total output is 4480 b.hp. at 110 r.p.m. (See also Mar. Engr. and Motorship Bldr., vol. 52, no. 624, Sept. 1929 pp. 374-375, 1 fig; Shipbldg. and Shipg. Rec., vol. 34, no. 16, Oct. 17. 1929, pp. 460-462, 2 figs)
Cargo motorships "Thurland Castle" and "Penrith Castle"
Shipbldr.
Shipbuilder ; 36 , n 230
1929
7 pages
9 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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