SHIP WITHIN SHIP.
A ship sailed from Southampton recently with 10,000 parts of another ship on board. The 10,000 parts which, put together, will make a war vessel of 180 tons displacement, will be reassembled 10,000 miles away—at Shanghai, All these details of the warship—11.M.5. Sandpiper, a shallow-draught river-gunboat—were neatly packed in the 15,000-ton I’, and O. liner Chitral. H.M.S. Sandpiper is of too shallow a draught to make the voyage safely under her own steam. Her draught is only 2ft. Her length is 160 ft. and her beam is 30ft. Armaments include a 3.7 howitzer altd a six-pound quick-firing gun. She will be employed on river patrol duties.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 183, 1 May 1933, Page 16
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109SHIP WITHIN SHIP. Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 183, 1 May 1933, Page 16
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