BUSY SHIPYARDS
WORK IN BRITAIN NAVAL AND MERCANTILE 917,000 TONS LAUNCHED i (Received January 13, 6.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Jan. 12 The quarterly return of Lloyd's Register 6hows that the total shipping under construction in Britain and Ireland at December 31 was less by 52,209 tons than on September 30, but greater by 161,784 tone than at tho end of 1936. Rebuilding for tho Royal Navy means much, both in the amount of work available and the opportunities for a new generation of craftsmen. The merchant naval work in hand in British yards is probably equivalent to an annual output of 1,750,000 tons gross.
About 917,000 tons gross of merchant shipping were launched in British yards in 1937,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22936, 14 January 1938, Page 9
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119BUSY SHIPYARDS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22936, 14 January 1938, Page 9
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