BRITAIN BUYS SHIPS
MASS PRODUCTION IN AMERICA FLEET TO COST £20,000,000 MORE WAR ORDERS FORESHADOWED* By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ■ (Received November 8, "7.10 p.m.) NEW YORK. Nov. 7 Britain has completed arrangements for the construction of 120 freighters at a cost of £20,000,000, says the Washington correspondent of the New York Times. ' The ships will be manufactured piecemeal all over America and will be assembled on the West Coast at the rate of one a week. They will be 300 ft. in length, with engines of 25,000 horse-power and a speed of 18 knots. si
Britain is also negotiating for the purchase of an additional 63 cargo vessels from the Maritime Commission and between 80 and 100 from private owners.
A message from Washington says that the head of the British Purchasing Mission, Mr. Arthur Purvis, announced after a conference with President Roosevelt, that he would fly to Britain shortly. Doubtless he will bring more orders for defence materials.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23809, 9 November 1940, Page 11
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