Built and engined by David and William Henderson and Co., Glasgow, to order of Southern Railway Co., for increasing traffic in motor cars and their passengers across English Channel; length, o.a. 23 ft.; breadth, extreme 35 ft. 8 in.; load draft 11 ft. 6 in.; gross tonnage 822 tons; machinery consists of two sets of 4-cylinder triple-expansion engines having cylinders 15 in., 25 in., 29 in., and 29 in. diam., with stroke of 21 in.; steam is supplied at pressure of 200 lb. per sq. in. by two double-ended boilers; sea speed 15 knots. (See also Shipbldg. and Shipg. Rec vol. 37, no. 12, Mar. 19, 1931 pp. 357-358, 5 figs)
Cross-channel motor-car ferry "autocarrier"
Ry. Gaz
Railway Gazette and Railway News ; 54 , n 15
1931
2 pages
3 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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