SS Turret
From Graces Guide
Built by William Doxford and Sons
Described in some detail in Engineering 1893/05/26
Length between perpendiculars, 280 ft.; breadth, 38 ft.; moulded depth, 22 ft. 9 in. Gross register tonnage 1969 3/4 tons, and the net register tonnage 1266 tons, with a load draught of 18 ft. Deadweight capacity 3200 tons, including coal. William Doxford and Sons also built the triple-expansion engines, with cylinders 21 in., 35 in., and 57 in. in diameter, by 39 in. stroke. Two single-ended steel boilers, 12 ft. 9 in. in diameter, and 10 ft. 6 in. in length. They had each three furnaces. Working pressure is 160 psi.
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