NON-MAGNETIC SHIP
FOR OCEAN RESEARCH
BUILDING AT PORTSMOUTH
(Received October 9, 1.5 pjn.)
LONDON, October 8.
The first bronze riyet has been driven in Dartmouth in the wooden hull of a naval research ship of unique design costing £100,000, She is to carry out a magnetic ocean survey throughout the world. To ensure accuracy iron and steel have been eliminated. The hull will be of teak and the ship will be driven by oil engines of brass, bronze, and other jion-magnetic metals. The dynamo and the anchor cables will I be of bronze. The ship, which will be named the [Research, will take two years to build.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 87, 9 October 1937, Page 9
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107NON-MAGNETIC SHIP Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 87, 9 October 1937, Page 9
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