Two self loading and self discharging grab hopper dredgers " Mersey No 26" and "Mersey No 27," built for Mersey Docks and Harbour Board by Ferguson Bros; complete control effected from bridge; length oa 237 ft; beam molded 40 ft 6 in.; depth molded 17 ft 3 in.; three 12-cyl Paxman 4-stroke engines drive Metrovick 6-pole interpole 455-kw d-c 600-v 750-amp generators at 520 rpm and supply current to two 8-pole 836 bhp double armature propelling motors running at 135 rpm.


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    Title :

    Diesel electric dredgers for Mersey


    Additional title:

    Brit Motor Ship


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1948


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Diesel-electric dredgers for Mersey

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1948


    Diesel-electric dredgers for Mersey

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1948


    Diesel-electric dredgers for Mersey

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1948


    Diesel-electric dredgers for Mersey

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1948


    Diesel electric machinery for dredgers

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1951