SS Ernest Bazin, 1897

Illustration of M. Bazin's Roller Steamer, SS Ernest Bazin, leaving Le Havre on a sea trial, July 1897. This vessel, launched in 1896, was built with a flat rectangular deck supported on twelve disc-shaped wheels. With power applied via a screw propeller and each of the wheels, a speed of 6 knots was achieved and she was reported as behaving well in a fresh breeze and rough sea

Achieved Bazin Bazins Behaving Breeze Disc Havre Knots Launched Rectangular Reported Roller Supported

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