Two new vessels, Portsmouth Queen and Gosport Queen were both built by John I.Thornycroft and Co Ltd for Portsmouth Harbor Ferry Co Ltd; hull is of shallow round-bilge form, with knuckle or chine above load waterline, and is drawn out to spoon bow and transom stern; Schottel rudder-propeller units consist of conventional propellers mounted on assembly, whole of which can be rotated through 360° about vertical axis to provide thrust in any direction; one unit at each end of ferry is driven by Gardner diesel engine developing 150 bhp at 1000 rpm; vessel capacity is 500 passengers. (see also Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 108 n 5 Aug 4 1966 p 163-4)


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    Titel :

    Schottel propulsion for new ferries


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Engineering


    Erschienen in:

    Engineering ; 202 , n 5234


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1966


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :