HSL 2762E built by Vosper Ltd and sponsored by Ministry of Supply, is 68-ft launch with max speed of more than 40 knots for air-sea rescue purposes; framing, longitudinals, and bottom plating are of aluminum welded throughout, and side panels of fiber glass laminate; tests of planing performance, pressures, and stresses; propulsion is by two Rolls-Royce Sea Griffons. Abstract of paper before Instn Naval Architects. (see also unsigned article in Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 63 n 580 Aug 1956 p 509-11)
Experimental high-speed launch
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 88 , n 4
1956
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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