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Franquelin

1  43.6 21.1 . . . 2960 (Trunk deck) . . . Franquelin 1936 Swan Hunter Diesel twin 1000 Sulzer

2  Fig. 9 Stern of the Franquelin, First All-Welded Vessel in Canal Service; Built

3  Fig. 10 Body Plan of the Franquelin

4  ships, the stern of one of the latter, the Franquelin being shown in Fig. 9.

5  quite early and a completely welded vessel, the Franquelin, was completed in 1936. The ships built after

6  The Franquelin built in 1936 represented a new trend. The

7  The section shown for the Franquelin is generally typical of the canaller; this

8  infer that the first all-welded canaller was the Franquelin, but I clearly remember that the first such

9  which are similar in hull form to the Franquelin. It may be interesting to note that both of

10  canaller forms as originally produced in the Franquelin and perpetuated in subsequent ships such as the

11  far more along bow lines than is the case in the Franquelin type form. The net result is very interesting as

12  that, as in the case of the Iroquois, the Franquelin of 1936, a hold 22 ft longer than steam vessels

13  with twin Sulzer Diesels of 400 bhp each. The Franquelin was the first all-welded canaller to enter

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This paper was presented at a meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and is reproduced with permission.