28,100-ton tanker built by Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd, for British Tanker Co, London; length oa 643 ft; breadth molded 81 ft; depth molded 44 ft 6 in.; deadweight 28,100 tons; gross tonnage 18,400; propelled by single screw, driven by set of Parsons 2-casing geared turbines of Pametrada design developing service power of 12,500 shp at 112 rpm; superheated steam supplied to turbines at 420 psi and 740 F. (See also Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 58 n 507 Jan 1951 p 32-4)


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    Title :

    Oil-tank steamship "British Adventure"


    Additional title:

    Mar Engr Naval Architect


    Published in:

    Marine Engineer and Naval Architect ; 74 , n 896 ; p 428-440


    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    13 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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