Port Fairy has length of 475 ft. 6 in. b.p.; speed 15 knots; deadweight capacity 11,500 tons; equipped with twin-screw 8000-i.hp. machinery; cylinder diameter is 600 mm., and stroke of each piston, 1160 mm., normal speed being 98 r.p.m.; standard Doxford design, utilizing two-stroke principle with opposed pistons and airless injection of fuels; auxiliary generating machinery; refrigerating plant; centrifugal separators. (see also Shipbldg. and Shipg. Rec., vol. 32, no. 18, Nov. 1, 1928, pp. 478-484, 7 figs.; Shipbldr., vol. 35, no. 219, Nov. 1928, pp. 669-670, 2 figs. and Mar. Engr. and Motorship Bldr., vol. 51, no. 615, Nov. 1928, pp. 424-428 and 434, 9 figs)


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    Title :

    Machinery of the liner "port fairy"


    Additional title:

    Brit. Motor Ship


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    5 pages


    Remarks:

    12 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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