31,000-dwt turbine driven tanker built by Vickers-Armstrong for North American Shipping and Trading Co, London has length oa 653 ft, breadth 86 ft, depth 45 ft 9 in.; speed in service 15 knots; steam pressure 420 psi at 740 F; propelled by set of Parsons 2-casing geared turbines of Pametrada design developing 12,500 shp at propeller speed of 100 rpm. (See also Shipbldr and Mar Engine Bldr v 58 n 518 Nov 1951 p 720-3)
Oil-tank steamship "World Unity"
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 78 , n 17
1951
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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