TURBINE PREFERRED BY CANADIAN LINK

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6669, 24 July 1928, Page 13

TURBINE PREFERRED BY CANADIAN LINK

FUEL ECONOMY OF NEW VESSELS IMPROVES ON RECORD OP THAT OF DIESEL SHIP. LONDON., Has the 1 argo' •passenger liner with ,Mgh pressurb steaifl'ttii'bihcS surpassed the’ Dieselvship in the 'tnatfer of econ-. omy? is the question Which is 1 answered in the affirmatively Captain Gillies, director, and', general’-,manager of the Canadian Pacific Line in a spoeCh ffiadc. oh ’the handing over of the- vessel by John BroWn and Co., of Clydebank. Recently the CanadianPacific decided to rake the engines out of an c x-Germ art' liner, and introduce more modern turbines with steam generation on-a new system. Her trials showed her to bo the most economical liner afloat. In designing the four “Duchess’)’ liners, the Canadian Pacific went a.stcp further and introduced the high pressure turbine which has been tried experimentally on the Clyde for more than a year, and tho result is that the first of this now scries of cabin and tourist third Jjtpers has a fuet.ecqnomy which is am improvement on the Empress of Australia, the other ship referred-to.: /, . _

' This development'is the rbsult of a vast amount of attention to the details of the machinery, the main engine, the auxiliaries, the refrigerating plant and the electric lighting -equipment. In addition, the whole.; of cooking, is done.', by. .paeans of electricity, .ovens, bakery, grills and so On, down, to toasters. Electric current for "this is derived from a Diesel engine with two steam engines as standby. In practice all tho steam plant can be idle while the ship is in port, .as thp lighting and pumping equipment necessary to run the ship while in harbour can bo worked by the electricity generated by this Diesel engine. Hence oven on the most economical steamship the Diesel engine is not indispensable. The first ' ship of this series, the

Duchess of Bedford, lately sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage. She is a vessel about 600 feet long with a gross tonnage of about 20,100, and will, have the credit of being the ■ largest cabin class liner going to Montreal,tho passage lasting for about. 7 days,; only four of which arc passed jn open) water—over 1000 miles of the ■voyage being along the wonderful scenery ;.of the St. Lawrence. ■