Stabilizer installed in Southern Railway Company's T.S.S. "Isle of Sark"; results of trial trip; vessel provided with two cast steel fins, each weighing about half ton, mounted on tubular shafts which can be caused to project downwardly and outwardly through side of ship about turn of bilge; in inoperative position fins are withdrawn into watertight chambers formed inside hull. (See also Engineer v 162 n 4211 Sept 25 1936 p 312-4, and editorial comment p 319; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 48 n 12 and 13 Sept 17 1936 p 337-9 and Sept 24 p 368-9; Mar Engr v 59 n 709 Oct 1936 p 267-9; and Ry Gaz v 65 n 13 Sept 25 1936 p 489)
Denny-brown ship stabiliser
Engineering
Engineering ; 142 , n 3689
1936
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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