Description of 16 1/2-knot vessel for Messageries Maritimes Eastern service; 566 ft. o.a., 68-ft. beam, 46.4 ft. depth to upper deck, draft 27.8 ft., displacement 20,945 tons, deadweight capacity 10,200 tons; propelling machinery comprises two 2-stroke Sulzer engines, each develops 5000 b.hp. at 100 r.p.m. or 5500 b.hp. at 110 r.p.m., each engine has 10 cylinders 680-mm. bore with stroke at 1200 mm. (See also Brit. Motor Ship, vol. 11, no. 129, Nov. 1930, pp. 346-347, 13 figs. partly on supp. plate; Shipbldg. and Shipg. Rec., vol. 36, no. 21, Nov. 21, 1930, pp. 613-621, 16 figs.)
A 15,000-ton French liner
Mar. Engr. Motorship Bldr.
Marine Engineer and Motorship Builder ; 53 , n 639
1930
3 pages
4 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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