Two LCI (L)'s converted to passenger and cargo vessels at Husbands yards on Cracknore Hard, Southampton, England, for service in Red Sea, and renamed Al-Akeek (Coral) and Azzahir (Floral); length 158 ft 6 in.; breadth 23 ft 8 in.; draft (forward) 4 ft 9 in.; speed 8 knots; powered by two ListerB-Blackstone 4-cyl Diesels, each developing continuously, 144 bhp at 600 rpm.
Two converted diesel vessels
Diesel Progress
Diesel Progress ; 16 , n 1
1950
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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