Oil tanker built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson is one of new class for Shell Tankers, Ltd; length oa 557 ft, molded breadth 69 ft 3 in., molded depth 39 ft; capacity of oil cargo tanks 17,467 tons; powered by British Thomson-Houston turboelectric machinery with normal rating of 7500 shp at 100 rpm; steam generated in two Babcock and Wilcox boilers. (See also - n 925 Jan 1954 p 24-8; Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 61 n 547 Feb 1954 p 111-21, supp sheet)


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    Title :

    Shell general-purpose tanker "helix"


    Additional title:

    Mar Engr Naval Architect


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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