Built by Davie Shipbuilding yard for Sun Steamships Ltd, 12,700 ton steamer Sunrip has been chartered to steamship subsidiary of Aluminum Co of Canada; although designed as aluminum carrier, ship is suited for general cargo carriage; length oa 475 ft, molded breadth 62 ft 6 in.; grain cargo capacity 615,000 cu ft; use of 136 long tons of aluminum has increased carrying capacity by approximately 165 long tons.
Extensive use of aluminum in largest Canadian-built freighter
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 84 , n 24 ; p 773
1954
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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