Features of device, based upon injection of compressed air into cargo tank compartments; if tanker is torpedoed or mined, compressor at either end of ship is brought into operation, and air is forced into damaged compartment at pressure desired; inrush of water into ship is checked, and then forced out; pressure can be maintained until ship reaches port; another main use of device is to provide means of pumping sea water for fire fighting when steam power in engine room has been put out of action.
Vital tanker cargoes and precious lives saved
Petroleum Times
Petroleum Times ; 47 , n 1210
1943
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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