Robert W. Vinke was built for Netherlands Whaling Co by Werf "De Hoog" NV; length oa is 205 ft, draft 13 ft; De Hoog whaling winch, hydraulically driven, uses steel wire whaling line instead of more usual manila role; propulsion is by free piston gas turbine installation using new Rankin and Blackmore Mark II gas turbine; machinery weight comparisons are given for diesel engined whalecatchers of identical hull form; machinery layout plan. (See also Motor Ship v 41 n 484 Nov 1960 p 341-3)
2,970-SHP free-piston-engined whalecatcher
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 96 , n 19
1960
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1961
2,970-SHP free-piston-engined whalecatcher
Engineering Index Backfile | 1960
First British free-piston-engined ship
Engineering Index Backfile | 1959
First British free-piston-engined ship
Engineering Index Backfile | 1959
First British free-piston-engined ship
Engineering Index Backfile | 1959