Port Fairy has length of 475 ft. 6 in. b.p.; speed 15 knots; deadweight capacity 11,500 tons; equipped with twin-screw 8000-i.hp. machinery; cylinder diameter is 600 mm., and stroke of each piston, 1160 mm., normal speed being 98 r.p.m.; standard Doxford design, utilizing two-stroke principle with opposed pistons and airless injection of fuels; auxiliary generating machinery; refrigerating plant; centrifugal separators. (See also Brit. Motor Ship vol. 9, no. 104, Nov. 1928 pp. 291-295, 12 figs; Shipbldr., vol. 35, no. 219, Nov. 1928, pp. 669-670, 2 figs. and Mar. Engr. and Motorship Bldr., vol. 51, no. 615, Nov. 1928, pp. 424-428 and 434, 9 figs)
Machinery of the liner "Port Fairy"
Shipbldg. Shipg. Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 32 , n 18 ; p 478-484
1928
7 pages
7 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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