Vessels ordered as follows; 6 with Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 6 with Harland and Wolff, 3 with Cammell Laird and Co, and 3 with Lithgow's; length oa 481 ft; breadth 61 ft 9 in.; depth 34 ft; those ordered from English yards to have Doxford 2-stroke, opposed piston engines; those from Lithgow's to have Harland-B. and W. 4-stroke engines; ships from Harland and Wolff to have 4-stroke single-acting. Harland-B. and W. engines with underpiston supercharge.
Eighteen new British tankers
Mar Engr
Marine Engineer ; 59 , n 708
1936
4 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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