Machinery of H.M.S. Thames; length 345 ft, breadth 28 ft, surface displacement 2165 tons; each of Vickers-Armstrongs twin engines has 10 cyl of 21-in. diam and 21-in. stroke, and works on 4-stroke single-acting cycle; at official sea trials 10,000 shp at 405 rpm was developed by two engines at 22 1/2 knots. (See also Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 40 n 275 Mar 1933 p 101-3; Engineering v 135 n 3503 Mar 3 1933 p 258-9; Brit Motor Ship v 13 n 157 Mar 1933 p 428-31; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 41 n 12 Mar 16 1933 p 291-3; Mar Eng and Shipg Age v 38 n 4 Apr 1933 p 126-7; Mar Engr v 56 n 667 Apr 1933 p 114-6; French description in Bul Technique du Bureau Veritas v 15 n 6 June 1933 p 112-3)
British submarine construction
Engineer
Engineer ; 155 , n 4025
1933
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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British submarine construction
Engineering Index Backfile | 1933
British submarine construction
Engineering Index Backfile | 1933
British submarine construction
Engineering Index Backfile | 1933
British submarine construction
Engineering Index Backfile | 1933
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