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LOCHFYNE

Built by William Denny & Brothers Ltd of Dumbarton[1256] for David MacBrayne (1928) Ltd to operate on the Clyde and the West Coast of Scotland. Lochfyne entered service on 8th June 1931 and was the first British coastal passenger ship to be fitted with a diesel-electric propulsion system. LOA 214', beam 30'; cruising speed 16 knots; twin screw. Engines: Two 5 cylinder VNS engines producing a total of 1,000 IHP at 330 rpm. Totally enclosed type with forced lubrication and spring-injection fuel system. Büchi supercharging with Brown Boveri exhaust gas turbines, normally running at 8,600 rpm, driving single stage blowers. Camshafts driven by Hans Renold roller chains. The engines, Nos 23679 (Port) and 23680 (Starboard), were ordered on 30th September 1930 and despatched on 28th March and 16th April 1931 respectively. (Lochfyne was re-engined with a pair of British Polar K44M two-stroke engines in 1953.) Electrical Machinery: Each engine coupled to a 520 volt DC generator, rated at 520kW, supplying current to two 670 hp, 520 volt DC propelling motors with a full load speed of 433 rpm. The control system varied the magnitude and direction of the generator field current, and hence the voltage applied to the propulsion motor, power and speed being directly proportional to the magnitude of this voltage. All electrical machinery manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co of Trafford Park, Manchester. Spd: 16.5 kts Passengers: 1200 Usual Route: Oban - Iona and Staffa Named after: Large Sea Loch and a arm of the Clyde Scrapped after attempted restaurant conversion, Dalmuir Apr 1974 Courtesy/©Robertson/Prentice

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Dimension	800 x 529
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