Six-Bladed Screw Adds Ship Control of Sidewise Motion
" SOUTHAMPTON. — Two small vessel3 of which tlie method of propulsion is entirely novel, as far as Great Britain is concerned, liave been or'dered by the Soutkern Railway and th.e Southampton and Isle of Wight Steam Paeke t Company. One vessel, 195 feet long and 30 feet beam, to be built liere, will be iitted witli two Diesel 600-horse-power engines driving a Voith-Schneider sixbladed propeller. The other, to be built at Dumbarton, will be smaller and driven by two 200-korsepower engines and with a similar six-bladcd propeller. This German invention has been sueeessfully fitted to lake and river vessels in both Germany and France, 'as it is claimed to be particularly suitable in confmed or crowded waterways. The six-bladed propeller takes the place of the normal three or four-bladed screw, and either all the blades together dr each blade separately .can be made to rdvolve in either direclion. No rudder is necessary, tkerefore, as steering is effeeted by "jockeyiug" the blades ugainst each other. Also the ship can be driven in either 'direetion or even sideways, the simple control system for any desired movement being operated from the bridue.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 125, 12 June 1937, Page 18
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196Six-Bladed Screw Adds Ship Control of Sidewise Motion Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 125, 12 June 1937, Page 18
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