UNUSUAL RUDDER
NEW STREAMLINE DEVICE The Federal steamer Somerset, at present in Auckland, is the first vessel of that line to be fitted with the Oertz streamline rudder, the invention of a German. During her voyage from Liverpool to New Zealand following on the fitting of the rudder, it proved a great On a steamer like the Somerset, the new attachment enables fuel consumption to be reduced by 10 per cent., or alternatively, an extra half-knot can be added to her speed on the same fuel consumption. The device also aids steering and the Somerset’s steam steering gear now needs only 401 b pressure of steam instead of 1201 - Stream-line rudders have been fitted to 750 vessels, representing 3,720,000 tons. * !
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1067, 3 September 1930, Page 16
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120UNUSUAL RUDDER Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1067, 3 September 1930, Page 16
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