BRITISH SHIPBUILDING

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 159, 31 March 1939, Page 14

BRITISH SHIPBUILDING

Output For 1938 Shipbuilding reports showed that for many districts—in particular, the Clyde, Tyne, Wear, Tecs, and Tay—l93‘S was the best year since 1930. and the lists ot’ output of the individual firms are naturally longer than those of some of the intermediate years, though not very different from those for 1937.

The firm with the largest output from one yard is John Brown am! Co., Ltd., Clydebank, builders of the Cunard White Star liner Queen Elizabeth, of 85,000 tons gross, but the firm claiming the largest total output is again Harland aud Wolff, Ltd. From their Belfast, Govan aud Loudon establishments they launched 122,518 tons gross of merchant shipping, iu addition to a cruiser of 10.000 tons displacement. Their Govan yard takes third place among Clyde yards, after John Brown and Co. and Lithgows, Ltd. Cammeil Laird and Co.. Ltd., Birkenhead, had their largest output since 1928, but Vickers-Artn-strongs, Ltd., had only a small launching outfit. Though their yards at Barrow and Walker are both very busy with Admiralty work. Ou the north-east coast the leading firms in their respective districts are Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., of Wallsend, and Walker, William Doxford aud Sous, Ltd., of Sunderland, and William Gray and Co., Ltd,, of West Hartlepool. The largest merchant vessels launched from British yards during the year were the Cunard White Star liners Queen Elizabeth at Clydebank, and Mauretania at Birkenhead, and the Shaw, Savill and Albion motor-ship Dominion Monarch at, Wallsend. Marine engine builders had very large outputs, partly because of the general shipbuilding activity, but specially because of high-powered’ turbine machinery required for the cruisers and destroyers for the British and foreign navies. Harland and Wolff, Ltd., lead in machinery output, as in tonnage launched, and their total of 288,255 i.h.p. includes new machinery for three Union-Castle liners employed on the accelerated mail service to the Cape. RANGITATA COMPLETING. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s motor-liner Rangitata is now due at Wellington on April 5 from Auckland to complete her Homeward loading. She will clear this port finally on April 13 for London, via the Panama Canal. FOBDSDAI/E’S MOVEMENTS. The Shaw, Savill steamer Fordsdale is to lekve Lyttelton tomorrow for Dunedin to complete discharge of her Liverpool cargo. She will then proceed to Bluff, ■where she will load April 6-13, Wellington April 15-17, Wanganui April 18-19, and Auckland April 21-24. She will clear Auckland finally on April 24 for London, Avonmouth, Cardiff, Liverpool and Glasgow, via the Panama Canal. PORT CAMPBELL ARRIVES HOME. Cabled advice has been received by the Port Line that the Port Campbell reached Southampton on Wednesday morning. She left Lyttelton on February 15 for Southampton and London, via Cape Horn and Montevideo. THE MATTHEW FLINDERS. Holm and Co. have received advice that the Sleigh Line steamer Matthew Flinders is to load at Sydney about the middle of April for Auckland.' Lytteltou, Wellington and Greymouth. THE PORT TOWNSVILLE. The Port Line has received cabled advice that its motor-ship Port Townsville left Beauty Point. Tasmania, at noon on Tuesday for .Auckland, where she is due on Sunday to commence her Homeward loading. MARIPOSA LEAVES SYDNEY. The Matson liner Mariposa left Sydney yesterday for Auckland, where she is due next Monday morning. She will leave there again "later the same day for Suva. Pago Pago, Honolulu. Los Angeles and San Francisco. NIAGARA AT HONOLULU. The C.-A. liner Niagara, from Sydney and Auckland, is due at Honolulu today and at Vancouver next Friday. THE PORT TAURANGA. The Watchlln Line motor-ship Port Tauranga is due at Wellington _ tomorrow morning from Dunedin to load for Sydney. She will leave again tomorrow afternoon. AORANGI AT SUVA. The C.-A. motor-liner Aorangi,. en route from Vancouver, via Honolulu, is due at Suva today and at Auckland next Monday. Site will leave Auckland next Tuesday for Sydney. TITANIAN REPORTS. A wireless message from the Norwegian motor-ship Titauiau, en route from Antwerp to Auckland and New Plymouth, via the Cape of Good Hope, with basic slag, states that she will reach the northern port tomorrow. FORRESBANK WITH PHOSPHATES. Further wireless advice from th e BankLine motor-ship Forresbank states that she will reach Auckland from Nauru Island at daybreak today. She has phosphates for discharge at Auckland and ■Wanganui. ARAWA DUE TODAY. To complete her Homeward loading, the Shaw. Savill liner Arawa is due at Wellington this morning from Lyttelton and will berth at the Glasgow Wharf. She is scheduled to clear this port finally on April 6 for Southampton and London, via the Panama Canal. PORT ALMA FOR WELLINGTON. The Port Line has received advice that its motor-ship Port Alma, which was scheduled to leave London yesterday, will now discharge at Auckland Wellington and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on May 7. NOTICES TO MARINERS. The Marine Department advises that a white, triangular-shaped beacon about . I’ l feet high exists at the Slope Point Trig.. OOSdeg. 6.5 miles from Waipapapa Lighthouse, at an elevation of 87ft. Slope Point and the reef, as shown on charts, lie about three cables eastward of the beacon. A shoal, with a depth of six fathoms M.L.W.S.. and depths of about 18 fathoms close around, exists OSldeg. 0.8 miles from the north-western extremity of Ohau Point. Cook Strait. TO-DAY'S BERTHAGE LIST. Queen’s Wharf.—Waipiata (No. 1 north . Holmglen (No. 2), South Sea (No. -). Tamahine (No. 4). Storm (No. 6), Nora Niven (No. 7), Te Aroha (No. Io). Echo (No. 13), Dortmund (No. 14). V al ‘ ana (No. 16). Ferry Wharf.— Rangatira. Railway Wharf.— Wingatui. Glasgow Wharf.—Walmarama, Arawa. King’s Wharf.—Susana, Inaha, Haweia. Pipitea* 1 Wharf. —Dominion Monarch, Port Caroline, Pakura, Nikau. Frvatt Quav.—Kaikorai, Arahura, Wainui. Aotea Quay.—Gabriella. Taranaki Street Wharf.— Cape of Good Hope. Gale. Clyde Quav Wharf.—Kurow, Awahou. Patent slip— Poolta, Waimea, Morowai, • Maori. In the Stream. —Wairuna. BY q'ELEGKAPH. OVERSEAS. SYDNEY, March 30. Arrived.—Ac Newcastle. Komata, from Wellington. yfijbBOURN'E, March 30. Sailed. —Maunganui, for Bluff. BY telegraph. COASTAL. THURSDAY. MARCH 30. NEW PLYMOUTH. Sailed.— Holmgleu (9.15 p.m.), for Wellington. NAPIER. To Sail.—Wainui (6.15 p.m.). for Wellington. WANGANUI. Arrived.—Gale (5.30 a.m.), from Welliugtou. Sailed.—Hawera (9.25 p.m.), for Wellington. nelson. Sailed. —xlrahura (7.30 p.m.), for Wellington. MOTUEKA. Sailed—Nikau (3.10 p.m.). for Wellington. GREYMOUTH. Arrived.—Kakapo (015 a.m.) and Huanul (3.5 p.m.), from Wellington. Sailed.-Kartigi (6.25 v.m.l, for Wellington. DUNEDIN. Arrived.—Belinda (8-30 n.m.), from Lyttelton : Piako (12.20 p.m.). from Lyttel on To Sail.—Waitaki (S p.m.) for Sydney. Port Tauranga (9.30 p.m.). tor Wellington- Holindale (11 p m.), for Oamaru. AUCKLAND. To Arrive.—Port Whaugarei (10 p.m.), for Lvttelton. _ . _ Sailed.—Ambassador (7.40 a.m.). for New Plymouth: 11.M.5. Leander (0.0 a.m.). for Port Fitzroy; Xaniwa Maru (4.20 p.m.). for Wellington: Kahnai (4.55 p.m.). for West port.