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The main deck will house the largest of the two casino rooms, con- taining 250 slot machines, eight blackjack tables, two roulette tables, and two craps tables. The next deck will have a 250-seat dining area and a lounge overlooking the paddle- wheel turning at the stern of the boat. Moving up to the next deck, the forward area will be a lounge, with a second, smaller casino area in the center of the deck. At the rear will be a lounge with dance floor, video center and sophisticated sound system. The pilothouse will be on the top deck. Behind the pi- lothouse will be a large open-air deck from which passengers can get a panoramic view of the river.

Powering each vessel will be three

Caterpillar 671-horsepower diesel engines, two of which will drive screw propellers and a third, the functional rear paddlewheel. The riverboat can operate by using the paddlewheel alone, the paddlewheel and screw propellers together, or the screw propellers alone. The top speed is about 9-1/2 knots.

The diesel engines sit on special vibration-absorbing mounts to iso- late engine vibration, so that pas- sengers are provided with the feel of an onshore casino.

The Diamond Lady along with her sister ships, The Emerald Lady and The Golden Lady, will be berthed in Iowa and cruise the Mis- sissippi River with a maximum of 1,200 passengers.

Cruise ship Crown Princess, built by Fincantieri.

DELFIN CARAVELLE

Cruise Ship

Rauma Yards

This past year Finnish shipbuild- er Rauma Yards Oy delivered the second of two smaller luxury cruise liners to Delfin Cruise Ltd., a ship- ping company based in Nauvo, Fin- land.

Christened the Delfin Caravelle by Mrs. Leena Matomaki, wife of the president of the Rauma-Repola

Group, Tauno Matomaki, the lin- er has an overall length of 382 feet, breadth of 56 feet and draft of 14 feet. Her pair of Wartsila Vasa 6R32Ds produce a total of 3,017 hp at 750 rpm. She can accommodate up to 330 passengers in her 178 cab- ins, including her eight luxury suites fitted with jacuzzis and balconies.

Delivered by the yard in about one year, the Delfin Caravelle has conference facilities for 200 partici- pants, saunas with a swimming pool and jacuzzi, duty-free shop, saloon, casino, club/restaurant with danc- ing, nightclub/disco, beauty salon, and hospital quarters. The ship's main restaurant can accommodate all 330 passengers at a single seat- ing.

DELFIN CARAVELLE

Equipment List

Main engines(2) .... . .Wartsila Vasa

Auxiliary engines . . . . .Wartsila Vasa

Alternators . . Leroy Somer

Propellers & shafts . . .... JW Berg

Reduction gears .... . . Renk-Tacke

Shaft bearings & seals . . Waukesha-Lips

Steering equipment . . . . Wartsila-EES

Bowthruster . Ulstein-Liaaen

Fin stabilizers . Blohm & Voss

Diesel generators . . . . . Leroy Somer

Shaft generators . . . . . . Leroy Somer

Heat exchangers GEA Ahlborn/Alfa-Laval

Emer. generator .... Stamford

Emer. generator engine . . . .Cummins

Vacuum toilet Evac

Air cooling compressors Sabroe

Davits . . .Schat-Davit

Evaporators .Alfa-Laval Nirex

Oil purifiers . . . .Alfa-Laval

Radars, log & echo sounder Krupp Atlas Elektronik

The Delfin Caravelle will cruise during the summer and autumn from Turku to Visby three times per week, Gotland-Borgholm cruises and trips to Tallinn and the isle of

Saaremaa in Estonia. The line will also arrange 24-hour cruises as well as conference and charter cruises, (continued)

Munson-built passenger ferry Lady Express.

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