New 42,500-ton Canadian Pacific liner has service speed of 24 knots; length o.a. 7600 ft. 6 in.; quadruple-screw arrangement of geared turbines, with high-pressure steam, has been adopted, with total output of 63,000 s.hp.; boiler installation consists of eight oil-fired water-tube boilers of Yarrow type and one oil-fired water-tube boiler of Johnson type. (See also - n 5 May 1931, pp. 216-218; Shipbldg. and Shipg. Rec vol. 37, n 21 May 21 1931 pp. 639-649, 58 figs; Mar. Engr. and Motorship Bldr., vol. 54, nos. 644 and 645, May 1931, pp. 165-178 and June, pp. 212-219. 27 figs.; Mar. Rev., vol. 61, no. 5, May 1931, pp. 35-36; Shipbldr. and Mar. Engine-Bldr. (souvenir no.), May 1931, 132 pp., numerous figs.; Mar. News, vol. 18, no. 1, June 1931, pp. 39 and 49, 1 fig.; Log, vol. 17, no. 3, June 1931, pp. 15-16, 36 and 38, 3 figs.; Naut. Gaz., vol. 120, no. 16, Apr. 18, 1931, pp. 12 and 22-23; Engineer, vol. 151, nos. 3930. 3931, 3932 and 3933, May 8, 1931, pp. 509-511 and 516, May 15, pp. 547-550, May 22, pp. 567-569 and May 29, pp. 595-598, 33 figs.; Engineering, vol. 131, no. 3409, May 15, 1931, pp. 625-642, 61 figs, partly on 4 supp plates; Combustion, vol. 3, no. 3, Sept. 1931, pp. 40-43 and 46, 7 figs.; Power Engr., vol. 26, no. 303, June 1931, pp. 206-209, 5 figs. partly on pp. 220-221; Eng. and Boiler House Rev., vol. 45, no. 1, July 1931, pp. 28, 30 and 32, 2 figs.; Eng. Jl., vol. 14, no. 7, July 1931, pp. 398-404, 6 figs.; Steam Engr., vol. 1, no. 1, Oct. 1931, pp. 12-14, 4 figs.; Machy. Market, no. 1592, May 8, 1931, pp. 23-24, 1 fig.; and Elecn. vol. 106, no. 2763, May 15, 1931, p. 723, 2 figs)
"Empress of Britain"
Mar. Eng. Shipg. Age
Marine Engineering and Shipping Age ; 36 , n 7
1931
8 pages
12 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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