Robert W. Vinke was built for Netherlands Whaling Co by Werf "De Hoog" NV; length oa is 205 ft, draft 13 ft; De Hoog whaling winch, hydraulically driven, uses steel wire whaling line instead of more usual manila role; propulsion is by free piston gas turbine installation using new Rankin and Blackmore Mark II gas turbine; machinery weight comparisons are given for diesel engined whalecatchers of identical hull form; machinery layout plan. (see also Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 96 n 19 Nov 10 1960 p 606-9)
2,970-SHP free-piston-engined whalecatcher
Motor Ship
Motor Ship ; 41 , n 484
1960
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1961
First British free-piston-engined ship
Engineering Index Backfile | 1959
2,970-SHP free-piston-engined whalecatcher
Engineering Index Backfile | 1960
First British free-piston-engined ship
Engineering Index Backfile | 1959
First British free-piston-engined ship
Engineering Index Backfile | 1959