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The largest steam flatirons were more than 1,550 gross register tons. The last steam-powered flatirons were built in the 1950s. [2] By the middle of the 1940s flatiron motor ships with marine diesel engines were being built. [2] The largest motor flatirons were more than 1,870 GRT and more than 2,800 deadweight tons. [2]
The colliers were flatirons in order to fit under the Thames bridges upriver from the Pool of London to Wandsworth. The company's ships had brown upper works above hull level. [2] The funnel was black with a broad white band edged with a narrow red band above and below, and the broad white band was emblazoned with the initials "W&D GAS Co".
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The Medina-class gunboat was a class of 12 Royal Navy Rendel (or "flat-iron") gunboats mounting three 6.3-inch guns, built between 1876 and 1877. [1] Flat-iron gunboats were normally built without masts or rigging, but the Medinas carried a full barquentine rig.
The first three flatirons, of nearly 1,600 GRT each, were launched in 1935–37 as SS Fulham, Fulham II and Fulham III. [11] They were joined by the 1,562 GRT sister ships SS Fulham IV and SS Fulham V launched in 1938 and 1939. [11] During the Second World War the station and its ships were targets for
Several were flatiron ships, [14] built with low-profile superstructures and fold-down funnel and masts to pass under bridges upriver from Tower Bridge on the River Thames to reach Battersea. Those ships that were built for the LPC were each named after a person, several of whom were prominent in the history of electrical engineering.
This is a list of flatiron buildings that are relatively notable. ... Bet Ha'Oniya (Hebrew for "Ship Building"), Tel Aviv, Israel, 1935; Italy.
The Burntisland Shipbuilding Company was a shipbuilder and repairer in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland that was founded in 1918. [1] In 1969 it was taken over by Robb-Caledon Shipbuilders, which in turn was nationalised in 1977 as part of British Shipbuilders.