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MAN B&W offers V14 layout for its 32/40, 32/44CR, 48/60CR, 49/60DF, and 51/60DF engines, with outputs ranging from .Medium Speed Engine Project Planning Guides
MAN Diesel & Turbo. MAN V14 engines have been installed on cruise ships such as the '' Explorer Dream'' and '' Norwegian Spirit'', both of which have 14V48/60 engines producing each,Norwegian Spirit
SP Database. and on some cargo vessels. However, other major manufacturers do not normally offer medium-speed engines in the V14 configuration. Wärtsilä has only recently begun to offer V14 versions of its latest engine models, the 31, 46F, and 46DF.Engines & Generating Sets
Wärtsilä. In the past, V14 engines have also been offered by other manufacturers. Between 1982 and 1987 nineteen SA-15 arctic cargo ships were built with two 14-cylinder Wärtsilä- Sulzer 14ZV40/48 engines producing .SA-15: a 14 ship series of icebreaking multipurpose cargo ships from Finland for Soviet Arctic Service. The Motor Ship, Volume 64, Issue 753, April 1983. Pages 28-32. SEMT Pielstick, nowadays part of MAN B&W, also produced four-stroke engines with 14 cylinders in V-configuration (14PC2. Fakta om Fartyg. and 14PC4New Golden Bridge V
Weidong Ferry. ). They were used for example on RFA ''Bayleaf'', a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

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