A lightship has just been placed in commission in Germany that is provided with a complete equipment of the most modern devices for aiding and warning mariners. In place of the old-fashioned mast beacons the vessel carries a single powerful electric light set up on top of a nollow. mast or shaft, through which the light can be reached in stormy , weather. , The light-, ship has wireless telegraph and fog and submarine signals. Diesel oil engines run a dynamo, and two large accumulator batteries store the electric current-for. emergency. The new vessel is lßOft long and sft wide. It will be stationed near the shallows at (he mouth of the. River Elbe,-. '.; ■■-.-"■'■ **■ ,; ■ '"" ■'"■/. '■■','. :-: : ■■■'"' : - '■" ■ ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15252, 15 March 1913, Page 1 (Supplement)
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112Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15252, 15 March 1913, Page 1 (Supplement)
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