Two LCI (L)'s converted to passenger and cargo vessels at Husbands yards on Cracknore Hard, Southampton, England, for service in Red Sea, and renamed Al-Akeek (Coral) and Azzahir (Floral); length 158 ft 6 in.; breadth 23 ft 8 in.; draft (forward) 4 ft 9 in.; speed 8 knots; powered by two ListerB-Blackstone 4-cyl Diesels, each developing continuously, 144 bhp at 600 rpm.


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    Title :

    Two converted diesel vessels


    Additional title:

    Diesel Progress


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1950


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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