Constructed by Blohm and Voss for Norddeutscher Seekabelwerken; it is built to highest class of British and German Lloyd and is of singledeck type, being transversely framed at ends and built on Isherwood system amidships; main propelling machinery consists of two triple-expansion steam engines developing 2700 i.hp. at 75 r.p.m.; in addition to its ordinary purpose, vessel can be used as oil tanker. See also Schiffbau, vol. 28, no. 1, Jan. 5, 1927, pp. 5-13, 12 figs.; and brief translated abstract in Mar. Eng. and Motorship Bldr., vol. 50, no. 595, Mar. 1927, p. 117.
The cable-steamer Neptun
Der Kabeldampfer "Neptun"
Zeitschrift des Vereines Deutscher Ingenieure ; 71 , n 3 ; p 92-94
1927
3 pages
6 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Deutsch
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