PROGRESS ON BIG HOVERCRAFT.— The advanced stage of construction of the world’s largest hovercraft, the 165-ton SRN4, at the British Hovercraft Corporation’s main plant at Cowes, Isle of Wight Its top speed will be 70 knots. The craft is powered by four 3400-horsepower Bristol Sid“Marine Proteus” gas turbines. It is one of the first production batch of four SRN4s being built at Cowes. Typical loads are 609 passengers (all seated), 254 passengers and 30 cars, or 50 tons of freight. Tn an all-passenger role, up to 700 people could be carried on “commuter* routes.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31364, 9 May 1967, Page 20
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94PROGRESS ON BIG HOVERCRAFT.— The advanced stage of construction of the world’s largest hovercraft, the 165-ton SRN4, at the British Hovercraft Corporation’s main plant at Cowes, Isle of Wight Its top speed will be 70 knots. The craft is powered by four 3400-horsepower Bristol Sid- “Marine Proteus” gas turbines. It is one of the first production batch of four SRN4s being built at Cowes. Typical loads are 609 passengers (all seated), 254 passengers and 30 cars, or 50 tons of freight. Tn an all-passenger role, up to 700 people could be carried on “commuter* routes. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31364, 9 May 1967, Page 20
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