NEW CUNARD LINER
BUILDING CONTRACT ORDER FOR CASTINGS BIGGEST FOR MANY YEARS (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 10 a.m. RUGBY, Oct. o. The formal contract between the Gunard-YVhitc Star Company and the shipbuilders for the construction of the express steamship known as No. 552, the sister ship to the Queen Mary, was signed at Liverpool to-day. The John Brown Company lias moved into position in its yard on the Clyde the huge crane used in the construction of the Queen Alary and work is proceeding with the formation of the keel box for the new. liner.
The company has already placed an order for the hull castings for No. 552. These castings arc of exceptional dimensions and consist of a cast steel stem, cast, steel stem frame, east steel shaft brackets, and cast steel rudder. They will be manufactured at the Parkhead works, Glasgow, of the William Beardmorc company. The contract is estimated to be worth many thousands of pounds and is one of the largest received by the firm for many years.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19140, 8 October 1936, Page 5
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