Fiona, built by Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co of Dundee, for carriage of sugar and molasses in bulk; length 285 ft; breadth 44 ft; deadweight carrying capacity 3500 tons; shelter-deck cargo type with machinery fitted aft, molasses being carried in topside wing tanks and transverse tanks under main deck; propelled by single set of triple-expansion engines with two single-ended cylindrical multi-tubular boilers. (See also - n 18 May 4 1933 p 442; Engineer v 155 n 4036 May 19 1933 p 508; Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 40 n 279 June 1933 p 329; and Mar Engr v 56 n 669 June 1933)
Unusual cargo ship
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 41 , n 22
1933
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1933
Engineering Index Backfile | 1933
Unusual Dutch-built refrigerated cargo ship
Engineering Index Backfile | 1961