Launch for Customs patrols, built by John I. Thornycroft and Co; length 78 ft, breadth 15 ft, draft at heel 4 ft 6 in.; hull is of round bilge form with transom stern and cutaway keel; planking is of double-skin teak on timbers of chengal with oiled fabric between skins; three Thornycroft-Rover Meteorite diesel engines each develop 275 bhp; engines enable launch to stay at sea for three to four days cruising at 11 knots for 500 mi or at about 14 knots for 360 mi; plan.


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    Title :

    Fast patrol boat for Hong Kong waters


    Additional title:

    Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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