11,210-ton, 16-knot refrigerated cargo liner built at Wallsend shipyard of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson; length bp 498 ft 3 in.; breadth molded 68 ft; depth molded 42 ft 1/2 in.; propelled by two 5-cyl Swan, Hunter-Doxford balanced opposed piston oil engines, each designed to develop 5350 bhp at 113 rpm in service.


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    Title :

    Motor ship "port Pirie"


    Additional title:

    Brit Motor Ship


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1947


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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