ENGLAND'S MOTOR-SHIP.
For the first time' in iwo years Lloyd's Shipbuilding Returns (for the first three months of 1923) show an increase in tonnage under construction, compared with the, previous quarter. Ihis is, however, entirely due luthe number of orders that,have recently been placed for motor-ships. Actually the tonnage of steamers being built is less than it was three months ago, but the reduction has been more than balanced by the bigger demand for motor-vessels. It is stated in "The Motor Ship " that if all recent orders ba taken into account, the motor-ships under construction in'the United Kingdom total 253,000 tons gross,- or nearly a. quarter of,.the steam tonnage. Throughout the rest of the world motor-ships of 308,000.t0ns gross are being built, giving a total of 561.000 tons gross, or about 895,000 ton?, deadweight. It is satisfactory to note that Great Britain is well to the fore in this new development, and that nearly as many motorships are being built there as in the whole of the rest of the world.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 36, 11 August 1923, Page 14
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171ENGLAND'S MOTOR-SHIP. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 36, 11 August 1923, Page 14
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