Built by Yarrow and Co, tug is part of £ 350,000 Shell and Socony-Vacuum Oil Companies project to increase gasoline supplies to West Africa; craft was designed for pushing articulated train of eight barges, each of 200 tons capacity, to bulk depots in French Northern Cameroons; " Adama" is also provided with side sponsons and equipment for towing alongside or astern; length oa 129 ft, breadth molded 32 ft, depth 6 ft; propelled by two Crossley type H.R.L. 5/40 scavenge pump diesel engines. (See also Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 81 n 15 Apr 9 1953 p 471-2; Motorship v 38 n 5 May 1953 p 23)
Twin-screw tug Adama
Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 60 , n 536 ; p 197-198
1953
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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