Built by Chantiers Navals des Flandres for Caribbean-Atlantic Cargo Inc, ship has particularly distinctive bow, well raked and with pronounced flare; length oa 456 ft 6 15/32 in., breadth molded 55 ft 3 25/64 in., banana loaded draft 19 ft 2 21/64 in., net refrigerated capacity 254,057 cu ft; Howaldtswerke-MAN engine develops 7200 bhp at 115 rpm; plan.
19-knot banana carrier "Ondine"
Motor Ship
Motor Ship ; 41 , n 478
1960
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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