Motor collier Wandsworth is first British built ship to be fitted with Stone-Kamewa controllable pitch propeller patented by Aktiebolaget Karlstads Mekaniska Werkstad, Sweden; propeller is of bronze construction, fitted with three blades; design based on that of Kaplan turbine, which has been built for outputs as high as 78,000 hp; illustrations. (See also Shipbldg and Ship Rec v 75 n 26 June 29 1950 p 805-8; Engineer v 190 n 4929 July 14 1950 p 34-6; Engineering v 170 n 4420 Oct 13 1950 p 303-4, supp plate; Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 57 n 505 Nov 1950 p 685-90)
Stone-Kamewa propeller
Brit Motor Ship
British Motor Ship ; 31 , n 366
1950
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1950
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