Vessel for service off Alaskan coast was built by Yarrows Ltd in British Columbia and, in addition to making sea lane through ice, will operate as lighthouse supply and buoy ship; length oa 223 ft 6 in., breadth molded 48 ft, depth molded 21 ft, draft 16 ft, gross 2022 tons; four 8-cyl Canadian Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines each developing 1300 bhp at 750 rpm are coupled to generators supplying power to two electric propulsion motors.
Canadian government icebreaker "Camsell"
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 94 , n 15
1959
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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