Duke of Lancaster, built for Irish Sea service of British Railways by Harland and Wolff; length oa 375 ft, breadth 55 ft; gross register 4800 tons; accommodation for 600 first class and 1200 second class passengers; two sets of double reduction geared turbines develop 10, 500 shp at 225 rpm; it is one of three steamers of Duke class; Duke of Argyll, to be built by same firm, and Duke of Rothesay, by William Denny and Bros. (see also Engineer v 202 n 5249 Aug 31 1956 p 307-8)


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    Title :

    Outstanding Heysham-Belfast ship


    Additional title:

    Shipbldg Shipg Rec


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1956


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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