Achilles Gets Up To 31 Knots
{Special To “Northern Advocate ’] •A A ' ' AUCKLAND, This Day. While H.M.S. Achilles, flagship of the New Zealand Station, was steaming up the coast last week on her fullpower trials, she attained a speed of approximately 31 knots. \ 51ze great speed through the waif r (almost one-third again as ‘fast as the Awatea oh her recordbreaking efforts in the Tasman Sea) raised a stern wash parallel with the vessel’s flush quarterdeck.
Tn practically any merchant ship, the high rate of speed would create an unpleasant vibration, but that was not noticeable aboard the Achilles. Her estimated 31 knots, which was maintained for two hours, was a trifle betted than the speed averaged by the giant French trans-Atlantic flier, Normandie, on both east and west record crossings.
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Northern Advocate, 30 November 1937, Page 12
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