Brief description of ship built at Neptune yard of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson for Ministry of War Transport; gross cargo capacity is 521,490 cu ft; there are 12 derricks for working cargo; refrigerated storerooms are fitted in between decks below saloon deckhouse, refrigeration being by means of electrically driven methyl chloride plant; ship propelled by triple expansion steam engine with cylinder diam of 23, 39, and 66 in. by 45 in. stroke.
Single-screw cargo steamship "Empire Portia."
Mar Engr
Marine Engineer ; 68 , n 811
1945
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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