Ship is designed to ride mushroom anchor with 120 to 180 fathoms of cable out; main plant consists of pair of 18-b.hp. vertical, semi-Diesel, 2-stroke oil engines running at 375 r.p.m.; fuel oil is same as that employed for light, and is pumped by hand out of oil store into pair of horizontal cylindrical tanks bolted to bulkhead. (See also - no. 3182 Jan 7, 1927, pp. 7-9)
The lightship "Albatross" for the commissioners of Irish lights
Engineering
Engineering ; 123 , n 3184
1927
4 pages
40 figs. partly on supp. plates
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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