SHIPBUILDING IMPROVES
In the month of November, 24. motorships were ordered, totalling- 171,000 tons gross, the expenditure involved, according to "The Motor Ship," being in the neighbourhood of £4,000,000. They include. three passenger ; liners, three fast refrigerated cargo;ships, and 14 tankers. Of the vessels in question, 11 are to be built in the United Kingdom. During the same ■ period orders : were placed for eight steamers, mostly small, totalling.a little under 30,000. tons 'gross, all in British yards. -.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 17, 20 January 1934, Page 19
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77SHIPBUILDING IMPROVES Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 17, 20 January 1934, Page 19
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