“Wide World” Photo A single tugboat, the 137-ton Diesel electric Sheila Moran, in a recent test arranged with the French line, is seen towing the 43,153tor. liner He de France at a speed of four miles an hour against an incoming tide in New York Harbour. The tugboat, owned by the Moran Towing and Transportation Company, is powered by a 900 h.p. 2-cycle Diesel engine. The test was arranged to prove the great strength of this new type of tugboat
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 188, 11 August 1939, Page 3
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80“Wide World” Photo A single tugboat, the 137-ton Diesel electric Sheila Moran, in a recent test arranged with the French line, is seen towing the 43,153- tor. liner He de France at a speed of four miles an hour against an incoming tide in New York Harbour. The tugboat, owned by the Moran Towing and Transportation Company, is powered by a 900 h.p. 2-cycle Diesel engine. The test was arranged to prove the great strength of this new type of tugboat Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 188, 11 August 1939, Page 3
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