HUGE LINER
DIFFICULTIES OF LAUNCHING.
LENGTH AND CONFINED SPACE.
CHECKING HULL’S MOMENTUM
(United Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.50 p.m.) v LONDON, August 12.
The launching by the Queen, on .September 26, of the new Cun ardor, No. 534, in the narrow waters of the Clyde presents considerable difficulty, for which preparations arc now being ,made. • The giant liner, which is 1018- feet long, lies on a slip-way overlooking the Clyde, which at this point is only /00 feet wide. The launching, however, will oarry the ship into the mouth of the Rivet Cart, which-enters the Clyde immediately opposite the building yard. The Cart has been widened and dredged in anticipation of the event. In view of the .limitations of the space available it will be necessary to check' the vessel’s momentum once she is fully water-borne after the launching, and for this purpose massive drag chains of a total weight of nearly 1000 tons will be attached, to the sides of the vessel, asserting a gradual but progressive pull.—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 258, 13 August 1934, Page 5
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