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 Mar Engr v 70 n 846 Dec 1947 p 554-60; Brit Motor Ship v 28 n 336 Jan 1948 p 406-9)
Passenger liner "Willem Ruys "
Brit Motor Ship
British Motor Ship ; 28 , n 335
1947
5 pages
1 Supp sheet
Article (Journal)
English
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