Hydraulically-operated bow and stern doors, controllable pitch propellers and "Flume" stabilizers are features of ferry built by Werf Gusto, N.V., and in Dover/Calais service operated by Townsend Car Ferries; length oa 354 ft, breadth 58 ft, depth to shelter deck 31 ft 9 in., draft 13 ft, passenger capacity 1000 and vehicle capacity 200; two Smit-MAN engines each develop 4000 bhp at 275 rpm.
Free enterprise II -- First British-owned drive-through ferry
Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engineers-Builder ; p 69-71
1965
3 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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