Built for London Midland and Scottish Railway Co., by W. Denny and Bros., Dumbarton; length, o.a. 323 ft.; breadth, molded 47 ft.; depth, molded to main deck 17 ft.; capable of carrying 1250 passengers, in addition to mails, motor cars, cargo, and cattle; propelling machinery consists of two sets of Parsons turbines with single-reduction gearing; steam is generated by four Babcock and Wilcox water-tube boilers working at pressure of 225 lb. per sq. in.; arranged to burn Coal on closed stokehold principle. (See also Shipbldg. and Shipg, Rec vol. 37, no. 15, Apr. 9, 1931 pp. 450-451, 3 figs)
New Larne-Stranraer steamship "Princess Margaret"
Ry. Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 54 , n 15
1931
2 pages
2 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
© Metadata Copyright Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
New Larne-Stranraer steamship "Princess Margaret"
Engineering Index Backfile | 1931
Engineering Index Backfile | 1946
Larne-Stranraer motorcar ferry
Engineering Index Backfile | 1939
"Princess Victoria" for Stranraer-Larne service
Engineering Index Backfile | 1939
Railtourer: Stranraer under threat
British Library Online Contents | 1998