Published Resources Details Journal Article

Title
The Sunfish trials
In
The Engineer
Imprint
vol. 81, 24 January 1896, p. 79
Description

Accession No.423

Abstract

The Sunfish (length 200 feet, beam 19 feet, draught 8 feet 7 inches; displacement 310 tons) achieved an average speed of 27.581 knots during a three-hour trial. The mean speed for six runs over the measured mile at Maplin was 28.082 knots, with a mean steam pressure of 188 pounds per square inch, and mean revolutions of 351.2 per minute, the average indicted horsepower was 4,174.