Built by Yarrow and Co, tug is part of £ 350,000 Shell and Socony-Vacuum Oil Companies project to increase gasoline supplies to West Africa; craft was designed for pushing articulated train of eight barges, each of 200 tons capacity, to bulk depots in French Northern Cameroons; " Adama" is also provided with side sponsons and equipment for towing alongside or astern; length oa 129 ft, breadth molded 32 ft, depth 6 ft; propelled by two Crossley type H.R.L. 5/40 scavenge pump diesel engines. (See also Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 60 n 536 Apr 1953 p 197-8; Motorship v 38 n 5 May 1953 p 23)


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    Titel :

    Twin-screw tug Adama


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Shipbldg Shipg Rec


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1953


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :




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