Combined train, car and passenger ferry Princess of Vancouver, built for Canadian Pacific Railway Co by Alexander Stephen and Sons for service between Vancouver and Nanaimo; ferry carries 28 box cars on rails or 150 motor cars, and up to 1200 passengers; length bp 388 ft, breadth molded 63 ft; propulsion is by geared diesel engines developing 5600 shp at 200 rpm. (See also Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 85 n 20 May 19 1955 p 635-41, folding sheet; Mar Engr and Naval Architect v 78 n 942 May 1955 p 169-74; Brit Motor Ship v 36 n 423 June 1955 p 98-100; Motorship v 40 n 7 July 1955 p 24-6, 39; Engineer v 199 n 5182 May 20 1955 p 697-701)
Noteworthy Canadian ferry
Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 62 , n 566
1955
14 pages
2 Folding sheet
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1955
Engineering Index Backfile | 1955
Engineering Index Backfile | 1955
Engineering Index Backfile | 1955
Engineering Index Backfile | 1955