Ferry will be able to carry 20 motor cars, in addition to motor bicycles, sidecar combinations and baggage; deck warping capstans and gangway hoisting winches are electrically operated; length 131 ft.; propelling machinery consists of two sets of Gardner two-stroke-cycle airless-injection heavy-oil engines; each engine develops 120 b.hp. at 340 r.p.m. in four cylinders. (see also Mar. Engr. and Motorship Bldr., vol. 51, no. 614, Oct. 1928, pp. 388-389, 6 figs)
Oil-engined motor-car ferry "Wootton"
Shipbldg. Shipg. Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 32 , n 11
1928
2 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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Oil-engined motor-car ferry "Wootton"
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