Built by Blyth Drydocks and Shipbuilding Co for Lancashire Shipping Co's Far Eastern services; length oa 501 ft; breadth molded 64 ft; depth molded to upper deck 43 ft; gross tonnage 7731; single screw turbine ship has 8000-shp machinery installation in engine room only 48 ft long; steam supplied by two Foster-Wheeler D-type water tube boilers.


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    Title :

    Transpacific fast cargo liner "Penrith Castle"


    Additional title:

    Mar Engr Naval Architect


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    11 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English







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