Machinery of H.M.S. Thames; length 345 ft, breadth 28 ft, surface displacement 2165 tons; each of Vickers-Armstrongs twin engines has 10 cyl of 21-in. diam and 21-in. stroke, and works on 4-stroke single-acting cycle; at official sea trials 10,000 shp at 405 rpm was developed by two engines at 22 1/2 knots. (See also Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 40 n 275 Mar 1933 p 101-3; Engineering v 135 n 3503 Mar 3 1933 p 258-9; Engineer v 155 n 4025 Mar 3 1933 p 226-7; Brit Motor Ship v 13 n 157 Mar 1933 p 428-31; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 41 n 12 Mar 16 1933 p 291-3; Mar Engr v 56 n 667 Apr 1933 p 114-6; French description in Bul Technique du Bureau Veritas v 15 n 6 June 1933 p 112-3)


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    Title :

    British submarine construction


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng Shipg Age


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1933


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    British submarine construction

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1933


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