Refrigerated motor (Scottish Built)

Three refrigerated motor ships “S.A.Letaba”, “S.A.Tzaneen”, and “S.A.Drakenstein” were built for the export of frozen fruit from South Africa to the UK and Europe. They were built in Scotland and entered service in the mid 1960s. They had the same hull design as the dutch built ships as above but, with a different make of main engine, which was a nine cylinder B&W type two stroke low speed diesel engine developing aprox 9,650 BHP and a speed of 17 knots. For electrical power four MAN diesel engines drove AC alternators.

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