The tanker Vulcanus was one of the first seaworthy diesel motor ships in the world.
history
The Vulcanus was commissioned by the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company , a subsidiary of the Shell oil company . In December 1910, the ship entered service and served as a coastal tanker in Borneo and Singapore (however, according to other sources, the ship was operated between Rotterdam and Stockholm).
The drive of the tanker consisted of a reversible six-cylinder diesel engine from the manufacturer Werkspoor . The four - stroke crosshead engine had a bore of 400 mm, a stroke of 600 mm and developed around 330 kW (450 hp) at 180 rpm, which was transmitted to a fixed propeller. The reversing mechanism was improved after a Dyckhoff patent from 1899 and by the Werkspoor engineer Verloop. Compared to steam-powered ships of the same size, the Vulcanus used only two tons of oil instead of about eleven tons of coal and sailed with a crew of 16 instead of 30 men.
The Vulcanus was the first sea-going motor ship to be classified by Lloyd's Register .
