47 Thyra-Taasinge - Handels- og Søfartsmuseet

mt. Tove Vendila.
HANDELS- OG SØFARTSMUSEER
PÅ KRONBORG
"The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder", July 54
Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen:
"Tove Vendila". - Oil-tank motorship, 526 ft. Oin.
B.P. by 72ft. Oin. moulded, by 38ft. 3 in. moulded
to main deck. 18.29o tons deadweight on 29ft. 5 in. .
summer draught. 15 knots speed on trial in laden con-jdition.
Boult for A/S« Dampskibsselskabet "Vendila",;
Copenhagen. Felding has been adopted to a consider- i
able extent in the construction of the hull. The
vessel has a soft-nose stem and cruiser stem, and
is without sheer over 45 per cent of her lenght.
Cargo oil is carried in 10 centre and 10 side tanks.;
There are two main pump rooms«, together with a smal-!
ler pump room forward. In the cargo-pump rooms there|
are fItted four duplex pumps, each of 500 tons per
hour capacity, and two 40-ton duplex bilge pumps,
while in the pump room at the port side of the fore |
hold, a bilge pump and fuel-oil transfer pump are ;
installed. Puel oil is carried in deep tanks under j
the fore hold, in deep tanks at the fore end of the ;
engine room and in the double bottom, where there |
are also tanks for Diesel oil, lubricating oil and !
feed water. Peed-water is carried in the upper aft- \
r>eak tank, and fresh water in the poop tanks, as j
well as in two 25-ton fresh water reservoirs amidships.
The general outfit includes five derricks,
vis, two 5-ton, one 4-ton, one 3-ton and 1 one-ton, \
steam driven anchror and warping whinches and Hastiej
electro-hydraulic steering gear. Accomodation for j
the owner", captain, deck officers, wireless operator,
pilot, two boys and steward, together with a ;
hospital, dining saloon and bathrooms, is arranged |
on the bridge and in houses above. Cabins for the [
petty officers, seamen, engine-room personel and \
boys are arranged in the poop - all in single berth;
rooms, with the exeeption of four of the boys. A :
house on the poop deck provides accomodation for the;
engine-room officers and assistants and two cooks, \
various messrooms, officers smoking room, recreation;
rooms and galley. The chief engineers cabins are in !
a house on the after boat deck. The Hi-Press injec- ;
tion, complete air-conditioning and normal mechani- j
cal suction system of ventilation is fitted. The i
four lifeboats (two motor driven) are of aluminium, ;
and all the boat winches are operated by means of
compressed air. The navigating equipment includes
wireless apparatus, direction-finder, radar apparatus,
gyro compass and echo sounding gear. The pro-|
pelling machinery, constructed by the shipbuilders, ;
consists of a B. & W. single-acting, two stroke cyc-;
le, eight cylinder, crosshead Diesel engine develo- !
v±ng 7.380 B. H. P. at 115 r.p.m., the cylinder diameter
is 740mm. and the stroke 1.600mm. The main en-"
gine is arranged for using Diesel as well as heavy j
oil. The auxiliaries include three B. & w. type . j
425-MTH-40, single acting 5 four stroke cycle, trunk;
piston Diesel engines, each direct-coupled to a dy- ;
namo of HOkW. Steam for various services, at a wor-i
king pressure of about 180 Ibs. per sq..in.? is sup- |
plied oy two oil-fired water-tube bollers with in- i
direct evaporation, and by a B. & W# exhaust-gas |
boiler. Launched, 4th jiiay. 1