Imperial and Petrolite, first commercial vessels in Western Hemisphere to be equipped with electromagnetic slip couplings, built by Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, Ont, and by Marine Industries, Ltd, respectively; length oa 239 ft 11 in.; breadth molded 39 ft; depth molded 18 ft 6 in.; propelled by two Fairbanks-Morse 2-cycle, 7-cyl direct reversing Diesel engines each developing 730 hp at 400 rpm. (see also Mar News v 25 n 8 Jan 1939 p 48-50)


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    Title :

    Motor tankers have novel propulsion system


    Additional title:

    Motorship


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Motorship ; 24 , n 1


    Publication date :

    1939


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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