Largest and fastest liner on Europe-South America run; length o.a. 733 ft.; breadth 92 ft.; depth 67.3 ft.; displacement 40,000 tons; service speed 21 knots; propelling machinery constructed at Penhoet, consists of four sets of Parsons turbines, each consisting of one high-pressure, one intermediate-pressure and two low-pressure turbines, driving propeller shaft through single-reduction gearing. (See also Shipbldg and Shipg. Rec vol. 38, no. 14, Oct. 1, 1931 pp. 426-438, 26 figs; and Bul. Technique du Bureau Veritas, vol. 13, no. 10, Oct. 1931, pp. 193-194)
Quadruple-screw passenger steamship "L'Atlantique,"
Mar. Engr. Motorship Bldr
Marine Engineer and Motorship Builder ; 54 , n 650
1931
5 pages
7 Figs, Partly on P 418
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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Quadruple-screw passenger steamship "L'Atlantique,"
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