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.


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    Title :

    Single-screw cargo steamship "Empire Portia."


    Additional title:

    Mar Engr


    Published in:

    Marine Engineer ; 68 , n 811


    Publication date :

    1945


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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