LAUNCHING IN SEPTEMBER
NEW CUNARD LINER SPECIAL PREPARATIONS LONDON, Aug. 2. fn expectation of an unusually high lido, September 26 lias been fixed as ihe date for.the Queen to launch the new Cunard liner, No. 534* which is 0000 tons heavier than any vessel ever launched in Britain. Dredgers have been for months widening and deepening the ‘Clyde, hut even then the launching is only possible because the tributary. River Cart provides a mouth into which, the momentum is expected to carry the Cunarder’s stern. Ten decks have been completed and only the topmost deck is unfinished. Twenty-seven oil-fired” high pressure boilers at Tut! speed will- burn hardly more than the Mauretania, which is half the size, and, therefore, the directors are satisfied that No. 534 will earn dividends. . - - ... ... • t The name may not be revealed until the day of launching.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19340803.2.59
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18466, 3 August 1934, Page 7
Word Count
141LAUNCHING IN SEPTEMBER Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18466, 3 August 1934, Page 7
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in