St. Louis is twin motorship of 16,000 gross registered tons with two masts and two stacks; length 575 ft.; width 73 ft.; first transatlantic liner to be propelled by geared Diesel machinery; two Bremer Vulcan high-speed engines develop total 12,000 b.hp.; each engine has six cylinders. (See also Mar. Rev vol. 59, no. 5, May 1929 pp. 29-30, 8 figs; Mar. Eng. and Shipg. Age, vol. 34, no. 5, May 1929, p. 225, 5 figs.)


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    Title :

    Diesel geared engines are installed in largest German motorship


    Additional title:

    Brit. Motor Ship


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    6 pages


    Remarks:

    10 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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