—As many as SDOOpal of fresh water are used in a large battleship daily. About two-thirds of this is taken up by the boilers, and the remainder is used for drinking, washing, cooking, etc. When the store which she has taken out with her from port lias been used up, a vessel lias to depend upon her condensers for further supplies. Every modern warship is fitted with evaporating machinery to djst.il tho salt sea-water.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13835, 23 February 1907, Page 4
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