Ship built for Jamaica Banana Producers' Steamship Co by Lithgows, Ltd, for service between West Indies and United Kingdom; length oa 445 ft 7 in., breadth molded 56 ft 3 in., load draft 24 ft 1 in., deadweight 5360 tons; banana draft is about 21 ft 3 in., insulated bin capacity 212,000 cu ft; set of Pametrada geared turbines designed for normal output of 7000 shp at 100 propeller rpm; plan. (See also Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 67 n 625 Feb 1960 p 92-100, folding sheet; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 95 n 7 Feb 18 1960 p 207-12)


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    Title :

    "Jamaica Planter" -- Refrigerated banana/cargo steamship


    Additional title:

    Mar Engr Naval Architect


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :




    New banana steamship

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