Ship has recently undergone partial reconstruction of main engines, consisting in employment of Buechi system of supercharging by means of rotary compressor, driven by turbine actuated by gases exhausted from engine; engine is of 4-stroke type and single-acting, having 8 cylinders, designed to develop total of 3000 i.hp. at speed of 92 r. p.m.; results of trial trip. (See also Engineering vol. 126, no. 3273, Oct. 5, 1928 pp. 425-428, 6 figs; Shipbldg. and Shipg. Rec., vol. 32, no. 16, Oct. 18, 1928, pp. 422-424, 7 figs.; Shipbldr., vol. 35, nos. 216 and 219, Aug. and Nov. 1928, p. 523 and pp. 652-654, 3 figs)
The motor ship "Raby Castle"
Motorship
Motorship ; 13 , n 9
1928
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1928
Engineering Index Backfile | 1928
Engineering Index Backfile | 1928
Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
Cargo ship raby castle with werkspoor engine and buechi turbo-compressor
Engineering Index Backfile | 1928