First of series of four similar all-aft bulk carriers has been handed over to owners, O.Ditlev-Simonsen Jr, of Oslo, by A/B Gotaverken; length oa 656 ft 11 in., breadth molded 88 ft 6 in., depth to keel 49 ft 4 in., draft on summer freeboard 34 ft, capacity 1,754,400 cu ft, dw 34,250 tons; Vesteroy is first ship powered by new Gotaverken DM 750/1600 highly supercharged engine. (See also Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 106 n 4 July 22 1965 p 113-14; Engineer v 220 n 5714 July 30 1965 p 202-3; Motor Ship v 46 n 541 Aug 1965 p 199-205)


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    Title :

    Vesteroy, lead ship in series of 34,000 ton bulk carriers


    Additional title:

    Motor Ship


    Published in:

    Motor Ship ; 70 , n 9


    Publication date :

    1965


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :





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