CIGAR-SHAPED OIL SHIPS
— .♦ ':,- STORAGE TINDER WATER. Cigar-shaped ships, carrying each 20,000 tons of oil, will probably be used to bring oil to England from America in the near' future. They will travel under water, or, at least, in an almost submergod position, and be towed across the ocean by steamers. It has been found tliat a submerged vessel can be towed much more easily than an ordinary vessel of the same size, this being due to the fact that the vessel is, even in its surfixe position, almost entirely submerged ; and the discovery has been made use of in the design of the new gigantic oil-carriers. Another novelty will be the permanent storage of large quantities of oil under water. Ordinary oil storage tanks are splendid marks for big guns, and are also vulnerable to attack from the air. The new method consists in sinking large steel cylinders filled with oil in an artificial lake, the oil being pumped in or out as required. An air chamber in each cylinder provides means for raising it 1o the surface.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16169, 4 March 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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178CIGAR-SHAPED OIL SHIPS New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16169, 4 March 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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