Built at De Schelde yard, Flushing, for Holland-Dutch East Indies service; length bp 609 ft 10 in.; beam 82 ft; depth 54 ft 10 in.; draft loaded 29 ft 2 in.; propelled by eight main engines in two groups of four, each group driving propeller shaft through reduction gearing and ASEA electric slip couplings; Sulzer engines are 8-cyl, single acting, 2-stroke type, each developing 3375 bhp at 215 rpm. (See also Brit Motor Ship v 28 n 335 Dec 1947 p 344-8, 1 supp sheet; Mar Engr v 70 n 846 Dec 1947 p 554-60)


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    Title :

    Passenger liner "Willem Ruys "


    Additional title:

    Brit Motor Ship


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1948


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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