Journal of electricity, power, and gas . ead weight carrying capacity. .1235 tons Displacement 20S0 tons Mean speed 8 knots Consumption per 24 hours 2 tons oil Total No. staff and crew (European).... 16 S. S. Sabine— 200 feet 30 feet 6 inches 16 feet 9 inches 1269 tons 2290 tons S knots 11 tons coal (Chinese) 30 The Burmeister & Wain Company of Copenhagenis at present building two large ships exactly alike,except that one is provided with a steam engine, andthe other with Diesel motors. Comparative tests willbe made by the owners of the ships, to find out towhat degree it pays to remove the st
Journal of electricity, power, and gas . ead weight carrying capacity. .1235 tons Displacement 20S0 tons Mean speed 8 knots Consumption per 24 hours 2 tons oil Total No. staff and crew (European).... 16 S. S. Sabine— 200 feet 30 feet 6 inches 16 feet 9 inches 1269 tons 2290 tons S knots 11 tons coal (Chinese) 30 The Burmeister & Wain Company of Copenhagenis at present building two large ships exactly alike,except that one is provided with a steam engine, andthe other with Diesel motors. Comparative tests willbe made by the owners of the ships, to find out towhat degree it pays to remove the steam plant in ex-isting steamers and put in Diesel motors. In February, 1912, the first Diesel ship, Selandia,left Copenhagen for East India. It had a carryingcapacity of 7400 tons and its two motors indicated2500 This was the trial boat. It worked admir-ably well, but it was found of advantage to makesome changes in valve material and other changes decreased the oil consumption from 10tons a day to about 8 One Set of Propelling Engines on Fionia. Two more ships like this first one were built forthe East-Asiatic Steamship Company. Then a yearlater the Siam made its maiden voyage to Siam andback again, and then started on a trip around theworld. When the Siam arrived at San Francisco, it hadmotored 40,000 miles. During that time none of themain bearings had been scraped. This was, however,going to be done in the next harbor. The valves hadbeen ground a few times while the ship was lying stillin some harbor. This was done by the ships own valve broke at sea, being the only mishap on the 40,000-mile trip. It took 16 minutes to replace it. Avalve does not break down without warning. It firstbecomes leaky, and for the purpose of detecting a leakyvalve trial cocks are provided in proper places on thecylinders. When the leak becomes so bad that the
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