SS Adderstone
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SS Adderstone
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SS Adderstone was a cargo ship that was built in Ireland in 1920. She was launched as the turbine steamship War Bamboo, and for most of her career she was called Boswell (1920–34), Germa (1937–51), or Norway Maru (1951–1968/70). She spent only about three years as Adderstone (1934–37). However, it was as Adderstone that the ship was the test-bed for an innovative development in marine steam propulsion, which used reduction gearing not only for an exhaust steam turbine but also for a high-speed r
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British-built cargo steamship with experimental propulsion system
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Adderstone
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2024-03-04T00:56:04Z
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