Vessel of 21,600 tons dw was built by Blohm and Voss under new system of shipbuilding, and is now owned and operated by Great Eastern Shipping Co, Ltd, Bombay; hull, built of flat plate except for bow bulb, is subdivided into as many building units as possible; 'length oa 532 ft 1 in., beam molded 74 ft 10 in., depth to main deck 47 ft 3 in., freeboard draft 34 ft 1 in., maximum grain capacity 1,049,100 cu ft; maximum continuous output of 18-cyl SEMT-Pielstick engine is 9000 bhp at 520 rpm; among trial results, ship can come to standstill from full ahead in 4 min 45 sec, and braking was about 7 ship lengths. (See also Mar Eng/Log v 73 n 9 Aug 1968 p 66-8, 124) (00138)
Jag dev -- Prototype pioneer ship
Shipbldg Shipping Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 113 , n 2
1969
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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