Talk:TS King Edward

Metrics
Parking these here temporarily:

Per Baker & Tryckare:
 * Length: 250.5'; 76.35m
 * Breadth: 30.1'; 9.175m
 * D: 10'; 3.048m
 * Tonnage: 551

Per Conway's:
 * same length and breadth
 * Depth: 10' 6"; 3.20m
 * Draught: 7'; 2.13m
 * Tonnage: 502 GRT

Per Lloyd's:
 * same length and breadth
 * depth is 10'
 * Tonnage: 502 GRT(Edward); 551 gross, 222 net (1930–31); same in 1940–41; 502 gross, 182 net 1942 through 1945

Another online source gives tonnage at 562.

Some online sources make the common error of confusing tonnage with displacement.

Kablammo (talk) 00:57, 22 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Data now added to article, giving preference to Conway's. Kablammo (talk) 21:02, 11 April 2010 (UTC)