Picture No | 10216635 |
Date | 1897 |
Description | SS 'Ernest Bazin', 1897. |
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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'.
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Source | The Graphic. 1897. middle page 568. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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