Largest and fastest liner on Europe-South America run; length o.a. 733 ft.; breadth 92 ft.; depth 67.3 ft.; displacement 40,000 tons; service speed 21 knots; propelling machinery constructed at Penhoet, consists of four sets of Parsons turbines, each consisting of one high-pressure, one intermediate-pressure and two low-pressure turbines, driving propeller shaft through single-reduction gearing. (see also Mar. Engr. and Motorship Bldr., vol. 54, no. 650, Nov. 1931, pp. 411-415, 7 figs, partly on p. 418; and Bul. Technique du Bureau Veritas, vol. 13, no. 10, Oct. 1931, pp. 193-194)
Quadruple-screw passenger steamship "L'Atlantique,"
Shipbldg. Shipg. Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 38 , n 14
1931
13 pages
26 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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