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Carperby - Trial
FOR ROPNER LINE
s.s. Carperby Undergoes Sea Tests.
Northern Daily Mail. 8/6/28
The screw steamer Carperby, built by Messrs. William Gray and Co., Ltd., to the order of the Ropner Shipping Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool, successfully ran her official sea trials on Thursday.
The vessel is complete in all respects as a first-class cargo steamer, the equipment including an efficient wireless installation and electric light throughout.
The propelling machinery, supplied by the Central Marine Engineering Works of the builders, consists of triple-expansion engines having cylinders 26 x 43 x 71 inches dia. x 48 in. stroke, three boilers working at a pressure of 180lbs., per square inch. A number of auxiliaries of the “C.M.E.W.” type, also made by the Central Marine Engineering Works are fitted.
The owners were represented on the trial by Mr. J. B. Nicol, superintendent engineer.
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