Constructed on Isherwood bracketless system; length o.a. 465.8 ft., beam 52 ft., gross tonnage 8300 and service speed 11 knots; rudder is of Oertz type and is operated by Broan electro-hydraulic Wain-type four-stroke Diesel engines designed to give service speed of 11 knots and maximum speed of 11 3/4 knots; there are six cylinders to each engine 550 mm. diam. with piston stroke of 1500 mm. total machinery output being 4250 i.hp. at 125 r.p.m.
The 11,000-ton 11-knot French tankers Roxane and Rhea
Brit. Motorship
British Motor Ship ; 10 , n 114
1929
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