Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock. Partly reprinted from "Engineering" (1920)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : Offices of "Engineering," 35 and 36, Beford Street, W.C.". · leaf 160
uous, built by theScotts. It was also decided that guidance drawings of thearrangements in this vessel should be circulated to other firms,who were to fit out vessels with the system. In December,1918, the Strenuous went on trial, and passed the testssuccessfully, although, as might be expected,… … i—iEh O 02 o 0 z Eh TJ1 Silencing Propeller Noise. 81 leaks were discovered later on. When these leaks were stopped,a vacuum of 29 in. on a 30-in. barometer could be maintained.It was noteworthy that the oil consumption was about three tonsless over the four-hours full-power trial than was usual…
