Motore navale Breda Roma
Anni '10 - anni '20
Description
Inline 4-cylinder 4-stroke Diesel engine manufactured by the Società Italiana Ernesto Breda within the first decades of the XX century for motorboat propulsion. Its overall dimension suggests the employment in small vessels such as fishing boats and tugboats.
Technical specifications
| Manufacturer | Società Italiana Ernesto Breda per Costruzioni Meccaniche, between 1910s and 1920s |
| Description | inline 4-cylinder 4-stroke engine, crankcase, cylinders and head made of cast iron, with 5 main bearings |
| Valvetrain system | 2 overhead valves per cylinder, operated by pushrods and rocker arms drived by a camshaft housed in the crankcase |
| Fuel feeding system | direct injection system, supplied by a 4-piston reciprocating Diesel fuel pump |
| Cooling system | liquid-fed |
| Lubrication system | forced by a gear pump |
Application
Small motorboats such as yachts, tugboats and fishing boats.
Kind donation of the technical high school "Enrico Medi" of Palermo.
