Machinery
Four Parsons turbines drove four screws, and were provided with steam by eighteen Babcock and Wilcox boilers. The designed shaft horse power (SHP) was 27,000 and the design maximum speed was 21 knots. Normal fuel load was 900 tons, but up to 3,300 tons could be stowed, together with 800 tons of fuel oil. Radius of action was 6,730 nautical miles (12,460 km) at ten knots, or 4,110 nautical miles (7,610 km) at nineteen knots. In her trials on completion she achieved 29,108 SHP, which produced a measured speed of 21.02 knots; her best measured speed was 22.3 knots.
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