SISTER SHIP TO QUEEN MARY.
CONTRACT SIGNED. United Press Assn.—By Electric 1 elegraph —Co; viaght RUGMN . October 6. Th icranai inaii'a t between the lT: .--li-Whiti ''tar Company and the shipbuilders for tin construction of the expr< ss steamship known as No. 550 the sistei ship to the Queen N; rv. was signed at Liverpool t«NX 'ssrs .John Brown have moved into position m their yard on the (. Iv.ie the huge crane used m tha c( jLstri cticn cf the Queen Mary and are proceeding with the formation <>! the keel hex ior the new liner, liny have alr -adv placed an order with Messrs William Beardmore for tlio hull castings ior No. 552. 11. - t eastings art cf exceptional dimensions and consist of a cast steel stem, a east steel stern frame, cast steel shaft brackets, and a cast steel rudder will he manufactured at the Beardmore Parkhead works, Glasgow. The contract is estimated to be- worth many thousands of pounds and is one of tile largest received by the firm for many years.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13382, 8 October 1936, Page 5
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174SISTER SHIP TO QUEEN MARY. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13382, 8 October 1936, Page 5
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