H.M.S. ARETHUSA
BRITAIN'S NEW CRUISER
CHEAPEST AND SMALLEST
United Press Association—By Electric Tele-
graph—Copyright. (Rnceived June 1, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, May 31,
Mr. Hector Bywater, naval and shipping correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," says that Britain's latest cruiser, H.M.S. Arethusa, is the cheapest and smallest warship built since the war. He says that the vessel holds the Navy's—and probably the world's —record for long-distance steaming. She has turbines of 64,000 h.p., which drive her at a speed of nearly 33 knots. The chief novelty consists of a fluid flywheel enabling engineers to switch over from the main engines to a small cruising turbine. This is so efficient and economical in steam that working alone it will drive the ship at a speed of over 21 knots or, at a lower speed, propel her half-way round the world.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 128, 1 June 1935, Page 10
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