LARGEST KESSEL IN WORLD'
CUNARD COMPANY’S ENTERPRISE.
CONTRACT FOR CLYDEBANK F<IM. ■ ’ . (British Wireless). - Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby,- Dec. 2. The railway company having agreed to build a new graving dock at Southampton of. sufficient dimensions to'accommodate the proposed new express Atlantic liner, a ' contract with John Brown and Company, Limited, for the construction of the largest vessel in the world has been signed by the Cunard Company.; The vessel will be of 73,000 tons and 1800 feet long. Over 3000 men will be employed at Clydebank on the construction of the ship, which will take 3ks years to build. .
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1930, Page 9
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