Fleet Air Arm twin screw tender, to be attached to Fleet aircraft carriers, built by James Pollock, Sons and Co.; it can stow one aircraft forward on hatch, and in addition hold can stow several Seafires or similar aircraft; length oa 172 ft 6 in.; breadth molded 30 ft; depth molded 18 ft; propelled by two 8-cyl HR-type direct reversible, 2-stroke scavenge pump Diesel engines with cyl bore of 10 1/2 in. and stroke of 13 1/2 in., each developing 480 bhp at 325 rpm. (See also Gas and Oil Power v 41 n 492 Sept 1946 p 323-7)
F.A.A. tender H.M.S. "ripon"
Mar Engr
Marine Engineer ; 69 , n 827
1946
6 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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