THE "BUSINESS END" OF THE RANGATIRA: The semi-balanced stern rudder and the starboard propeller of the Rangatita. The ship's twin four-bladed propellers, cast in manganese-bronze, have a diameter of 11 feet 3 inches and pitch of 12 feet, an d make 220 revolutions a minute at full power.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 208, 30 May 1936, Page 19
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48THE "BUSINESS END" OF THE RANGATIRA: The semi-balanced stern rudder and the starboard propeller of the Rangatita. The ship's twin four-bladed propellers, cast in manganese-bronze, have a diameter of 11 feet 3 inches and pitch of 12 feet, and make 220 revolutions a minute at full power. Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 208, 30 May 1936, Page 19
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