THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY S NEW TRIPLE-SCREW TURBINE STEAMER, WHICH ARRIVED ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO THE DOMINION ON SUNDAY.
’** •* •’ 1 1 iph- *< n-w *teamei. two wing propellers Iwing driven by duplicate set* ot reciprocating triple-expansion engine*, which exhaust into a low-pressure steam turbine, ami provide the power for driving a central screw. In <onne<tion with th * tiial* ot the vessel an additional point ot interest centred in the tact that the owners were able to draw a convincing comparison between the performance of the Otaki and those of two of their earlier ship*, the Orari mid the Opawa, under exactly *imilar conditions, tin-average mean *peed of the Otaki on trial b-ing 15.02 knots, and of the Orari and Opawa 14.0. The hulls of the three vessels, each of which i* about IIJHHI tons gross. an- absolutely identical.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 3, 20 January 1909, Page 17
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139THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANYS NEW TRIPLE-SCREW TURBINE STEAMER, WHICH ARRIVED ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO THE DOMINION ON SUNDAY. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 3, 20 January 1909, Page 17
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