CUNARD SUPER-LINER
LAUNCHING BY THE QUEEN. [BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.] RUGBY, August 12. The launching by the Queen on September 26 of the new Cunarder, No. 534, in the narrow waters of the Clyde, presents considerable difficulties, for which preparations are now being made. The giant liner, which is 1018 feet long, lies in the slipsway overlooking the Clyde, which at this point is only 700 feet. wide. The launch, however, will carry the ship into the mouth of the river Cart, which enters the Clyde immediately opposite the building yard. The Cart has been widened and dredged, in anticipation of the event. In view of the limitations of the space available, it will be necessary to check the vessel’s momentum, once she is fully water-borne after the launch, and for this purpose massive drag chains, of a total weight of nearly 1000 tons, will be attached to the sides of the vessel, asserting a gradual but progressive pull.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 August 1934, Page 7
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