General appearance differs but little from sistership "Orion"; length oa 665 ft; breadth molded 82 ft; gross register tonnage 23,400; service speed 21 knots; number passengers 1068; propelled by twin screw single reduction Parsons geared turbine of 24,000 shp. (see also - n 4259 Aug 27 1937 p 232-4; Engineering v 144 n 3737 Aug 27 1937 p 224-7 and 232; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 48 n 23 Dec 3 1937 p 684-6 and v 50 n 9 Aug 26 1937 p 256-70; Mar Engr v 60 n 720 Sept 1937 p 239-42; Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 44 n 325, 333 and 334 Jan 1937 p 16-22, Aug p 439-42 and Sept p 467-79.)
New orient line steamer "Orcades"
Engineer
Engineer ; 164 , n 4260
1937
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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New orient line steamer "Orcades"
Engineering Index Backfile | 1937
New orient line steamer "Orcades"
Engineering Index Backfile | 1937
New orient line steamer "Orcades"
Engineering Index Backfile | 1937
New orient line steamer "Orcades"
Engineering Index Backfile | 1937
Twin-screw passenger steamship "Orcades."
Engineering Index Backfile | 1947