Built by J. Samuel White and Co for District Tender Service of Corp of Trinity House, for servicing lighthouses and lightships and for maintaining buoys; length oa 221 ft, breadth molded 37 ft 6 in., draft 13 ft, gross register 1425 tons; four English Electric 6-cyl turbocharged units drive four generators supplying current to two 725-shp main propulsion motors. (see also Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 67 n 629 May 1960 p 313-20)


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    Title :

    Diesel-electric lighthouse tender "siren"


    Additional title:

    Motor Ship


    Published in:

    Motor Ship ; 41 , n 477


    Publication date :

    1960


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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