Union-Castle Line's third motor passenger ship; 10,000-ton, 14 1/2-knot intermediate liner with pressure-charged machinery; length b.p. 470 ft.; beam molded, 51 ft.; depth molded, 35 ft. 3 in.; draft at 15,310 tons displacement, 26 ft. 8 1/4 in.; propulsion machinery consists of two Harland-Burmeister and Wain engines with standard cylinder dimensions of 740 mm. bore and 1500 mm. stroke, of 4-stroke single-acting air-injection design developing total of 6300 b.hp. (see also Shipbldr., vol. 37, no. 240, June 1930, pp. 562-568, 11 figs.; Engineering, vol. 129, no. 3359, May 30, 1930, p. 697, 1 fig.; Engineer, vol. 149, no. 3881, May 30, 1930, p. 602, 1 fig. and Shipbldg. and Ships. Rec., vol. 35, no. 24, June 12, 1930, pp. 743-749, 10 figs)
The "Dunbar Castle"
Brit. Motor Ship
British Motor Ship ; 11 , n 123
1930
4 pages
7 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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