Alterations of hulls and installation of propelling equipment of sisterships, "Blue Cross" and "Blue River," by Muir Bros Drydock Co, Port Dalhousie; steel construction throughout; length oa 256 ft; breadth molded 43 ft 6 in.; propelled by two 500-hp Fairbanks-Morse 5-cyl model 37-D-12 direct-reversing Diesel engines, each driving 68-in. propeller at 400 rpm; commissioned as grain carriers. (See also Mar News v 21 n 6 Nov 1934 p 55-6)
Converting steel barges into self propelled units
Mar Eng Shipg Age
Marine Engineering and Shipping Age ; 40 , n 2
1935
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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