Built by Halifax Shipyards, for service in Hudson Straits in connection with new Hudson Bay Railway; length, o.a. 277 ft., breadth, molded 60 ft.; depth, molded to upper deck 31 ft.; gross tonnage 3254 tons, displacement 5034 tons; propelling machinery, supplied by Collingwood Shipyards, consists of two sets of triple-expansion surface-condensing engines having cylinders 27 1/2, 43, and 70 in. diam., with piston stroke of 42 in., which together are capable of developing 6500 i.hp. when running at speed of 105 r.p.m. (See also Shipbldg. and Shipg. Rec vol. 36, no. 17, Oct. 23, 1930 pp. 487-490, 8 figs)


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    Title :

    Canadian government ice-breaker "N. B. McLean"


    Additional title:

    Naut. Gaz


    Published in:

    Nautical Gazette ; 119 , n 21


    Publication date :

    1930


    Remarks:

    1 Fig.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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