Cargo-carrying ship built by Joseph L. Thompson and Sons, Ltd, Sunderland, for Silver Line, Ltd; length oa 465 ft 1 1/2 in.; breadth molded 58 ft 8 1/2 in.; depth molded to shelter deck 39 ft 3 3/4 in.; propelling machinery, which drives single screw through reduction gearing, consists of turbines developing 4550 shp at 110 rpm; steam supplied at pressure of 400 lb per sq in. at 750 F. (see also Mar Engr v 62 n 740 Apr 1939 p 90-4)
Geared-turbine steamship "Silverlaurel."
Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 46 , n 354
1939
9 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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