A SPEEDBOAT ON SKIDS.—This new craft, with a maximum speed approaching 50 miles an hour, is used on a ferry service between the Italian mainland and Sicily. She carries 72 passengers and a crew of four. At speed, the boat skims over the water on large skids.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27985, 4 June 1956, Page 15
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47A SPEEDBOAT ON SKIDS.—This new craft, with a maximum speed approaching 50 miles an hour, is used on a ferry service between the Italian mainland and Sicily. She carries 72 passengers and a crew of four. At speed, the boat skims over the water on large skids. Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27985, 4 June 1956, Page 15
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