NEW BRITISH SHIPS
Comfort For Sailormen
Life on the ocean wave is going to be pleasant for seamen in the new refrigerating ships which are to be built in British yards. Designed for the Empire fruit and meat-carrying trade, these “beefboats” (says the “Sunday Times”) will be floating paradises. The quarters for the crew will be situated amidshlp, high up in the superstructure, instead of at bow or stern, where the rattle of anchor chains or the deafening flap of propellers on water disturb the rest of sailormen. The men will occupy roomy cabins whose empanelled walls will be set out in restful colour schemes. Instead of clothing being stuffed in bags, spacious lockers will be provided, together with reading, writing, and recreation rooms; also small swimming pools may be provided in these 12,000-ton vessels. Real beds, and this means something to old seadogs, will displace the old “donkeys’ breakfasts.” If this is the pattern on which new British ships are to be built., writers of tough sea-going stories will have a lean time.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVII, Issue 23115, 1 February 1945, Page 4
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174NEW BRITISH SHIPS Timaru Herald, Volume CLVII, Issue 23115, 1 February 1945, Page 4
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