Built by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson for Cable and Wireless, Ltd, vessel is capable of working in any depth of water and in any climate in which ocean cables are laid; operating range is 10,000 mi; length oa 340 ft 6 in., propulsion is by two triple expansion steam engines driving two fourblade manganese-bronze propellers; two Scotch boilers supply saturated steam at pressure of 220 psi. (See also Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 61 n 556 Oct 1954 p 575-84, folding sheets; Engineering v 178 n 4631 Oct 29 1954 p 566; Engineer v 198 n 5153 Oct 29 1954 p 594)


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    Title :

    Twin-screw cable steamship "recorder"


    Additional title:

    Shipbldg Shipg Rec


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    44 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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