British shipyards are working day and night building ships of special design for wartime conditions. Elaborate launching ceremonies have been dispensed with, there is no launching platform, no christening with champagne and no cheering crowds. When all is ready and the last blocks are knocked away, a whistle is blown, an axe falls on a cord, and the ship slide* down the slipway into the water, watched by a handful of workmen. Directly the ship is safely launched, the slipway is cleared for the next ship to take its place. Here is the Empire Voice taking the water to be added to Britain's merchant fleet.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 282, 27 November 1940, Page 9
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105British shipyards are working day and night building ships of special design for wartime conditions. Elaborate launching ceremonies have been dispensed with, there is no launching platform, no christening with champagne and no cheering crowds. When all is ready and the last blocks are knocked away, a whistle is blown, an axe falls on a cord, and the ship slide* down the slipway into the water, watched by a handful of workmen. Directly the ship is safely launched, the slipway is cleared for the next ship to take its place. Here is the Empire Voice taking the water to be added to Britain's merchant fleet. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 282, 27 November 1940, Page 9
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