STANDARDISED SHIPS.
FIRST SHIP HANDED OVER.
SATISFACTORY TESTS MADE
Received August 30, 8 p.m. •mi .««' LONDON. August. 29. The 'Daily Telegraph" states that shipbuilders have handed over to the Government, after satisfactory tests, the first standardised ship it is of 8000 tons dead weight capacity and was finished in five months It is a good type of cargo carrier and was constructed in the quickest time and with the minimum amount, of material.. Every large shipbuilder is constructing standardised ships of 8500 tons and 3 000 tons. Tb/> hulls, machinery and engines are standardised. The vessels arp equipped with fast loading and discharging gear. Some are specially designed for carrying grain. The crew's quarters are aft and are steam-heated and provided with bathrooms.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17075, 31 August 1917, Page 5
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