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 Shipbldg. and Shipg. Rec., vol. 36, no. 21, Nov. 21, 1930, pp. 613-621, 16 figs; Mar. Engr. and Motorship Bldr., vol. 53, no. 639, Dec. 1930, pp. 462-464, 4 figs.)
A 15,000-ton French liner
Brit. Motor Ship
British Motor Ship ; 11 , n 129
1930
2 pages
13 Figs. partly on Supp. plate
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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