Brief description of four 17-knot vessels of 9200 tons displacement, with considerable passenger accommodation, being built in Spanish shipyards for Empress Nacional Elcano for service between Spain, Africa, Canary Islands and Spanish possessions of Guinea and Fernando Po; length oa 397 ft; breadth 54 ft 8 in.; draft 23 ft 9 in.; propelled by two 2-stroke, single acting Burmeister and Wain 6-cyl engines developing 3500 bhp.


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    Title :

    Spanish fruit-carrying ships


    Additional title:

    Brit Motor Ship


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1944


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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