Jan: Length overall 629 ft. 8 in.; load displacement 26,630 tons; average service speed 19 1/2 knots; propelling machinery consists of two sets of Burmeister and Wain double-acting, four-cycle Diesel engines; each engine has eight cylinders with bore of 840 mm. and piston stroke of 1500 mm.; cargo and other equipment; each engine designed when running under supercharged conditions to give 10,000 b.hp. at 125 r.p.m. Feb: Detailed description of general and structural arrangements of motorship; passenger accommodations are described and illustrated. Mar: Detailed description of main engines, dimensions, pumping-plant auxiliaries, and and electric equipment. (See also Shipbldr., vol. 36, nos. 221, 222 and 223, Jan., Feb. and Mar. 1929, pp. 79-81, 147-166 and 185-196, 56 figs; Brit. Motor Ship, vol. 9, no. 106, Jan. 1929, pp. 382-389, 16 figs)


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    Title :

    The Italian motor liner "Vulcania"


    Additional title:

    Brit. Motor Ship


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    8 pages


    Remarks:

    16 Figs


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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