28,200-ton steamship, Oronsay, built at Barrow shipyard of Vickers-Armstrongs for London-Australian service of Orient Line; length oa 708 ft 8 in.; breadth molded 90 ft 6 in.; depth molded to E deck 50 ft; draft 31 ft; speed 22 1/2 knots; propelled by twin screws, each driven by set of Parsons geared turbines, designed to develop normally, 34,000 shp; steam from Foster-Wheeler oil fired boilers supplied at pressure of 500 psi gage and temperature of 850 F. (see also Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 57 n 502 Aug 1950 p 525-7)


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    Title :

    Orient liner "Oronsay"


    Additional title:

    Shipbldg Shipg Rec


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1950


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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