OCEAN LINERS OF THE FUTURE
Marine architects are convinced that the next phase of shipbuilding will be the construction of great stream-lined capable of slicing through the ocean at over 40 miles an hour. A model steamship exhibited at the Trieste Marine Exposition in Italy indicates the direction shipbuilding is likely to follow (says a special correspondent of the ‘Sunday Express’). The liner of. the future, according to one expert, ,wni be a gigantic fish-like structure with all its decks, enclosed. There will be no- masts, funnels, dr other, superstructure to catch the wind, and even in the stormiest weather full speed will be maintained without danger or discomfort. The new stream-lined liners will be able to make the Atlantic passage in from three to four days. The cost of the streamlined ships will be little more than that of the Normandie or the _Queen Mary, and the greater ease ; with which . they will be driven will make them much less expensive to run. The nearest approach to the liner of the future yet built is the streamlined ferry boat Kalakala, which has been - put into service at Puget Sound, on the Pacific coast. This vessel has room within its glistening rounded superstructure for 2,000 passengers and 200 motor cars.
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Evening Star, Issue 22228, 4 January 1936, Page 7
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210OCEAN LINERS OF THE FUTURE Evening Star, Issue 22228, 4 January 1936, Page 7
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