Borgsten was built at Sunderland by Joseph L. Thompson and Sons and is now in service of Fred Olsen and Co. Oslo; length oa about 869 ft 6 in., molded breadth 121 ft 9 in., molded depth 60 ft 6 in., summer load draft 43 ft 6 in. and maximum 45 ft 6 in., 21,000 bhp Harland-B and W large bore poppet valve engine is rated at 2100 bhp/cyl at 110 rpm; arranagement and engine room plans. (See also Motor Ship v 44 n 522 Jan 1964 p 418-20, folding sheet; Mar Engr and Naval Architect v 87 n 1055 Feb 1964 p 52-9; Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 71 n 677 Feb 1964 p 86-9, folding sheet)


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    Title :

    British-built 85,600 ton d.w. tanker for Norwegian owners.


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng/Log


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :





    British-built Norwegian tanker

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