Motor ships Riberhus and Axelhus, completed for Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab, Copenhagen, by Elsinore Shipbldg and Eng Co; length oa 210 ft 2 in.; breadth molded 34 ft 5 1/2 in.; draft loaded 12 ft 3 1/2 in.; containers (1.2 m by 1.6 m by 1.9 m), are loaded through hatch into single hold (with 'tween deck), by two 3-ton Asea electric cranes; one layer of containers carried in hold and one in 'tween deck; vessel powered by Burmeister and Wain 2-stroke, 6-cyl, 1560-ihp Diesel engine. (see also Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 58 n 508 Feb 1951 p 113-8,)
Carrying cargo in containers
Brit Motor Ship
British Motor Ship ; 31 , n 370
1951
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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