Completion by Yarrow and Co of Dexterous and Director for British Admiralty; craft are first two of seven ordered from three yards; length oa 157 ft, molded breadth 30 ft, breadth over sponsons 60 ft; gross 473 tons; propulsion is by independent chain driven paddle wheels with nine wooden floats; power is from four Paxman Vee-12 engines rated 500 bhp at 1000 rpm, coupled to 339 kw BTH propulsion generators. See also Engineering Index 1956 p 1094.


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    Title :

    Diesel-electric paddle tugs


    Additional title:

    Mar Engr Naval Architect


    Published in:

    Marine Engineer and Naval Architect ; 80 , n 969 ; p 214-216


    Publication date :

    1957


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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