JET-PROPULSION OF OCEAN-GOING SHIPS LIKELY SOON
(Special Correspondent.—N.Z.P. A.). London, Oct. 25.
Workers in a Liverpool shipyard are hoping to hear early next year that they played a part in the first move toward the greatest transition in ocean transport sine the change from sail to steam. They are hopto learn that the trials of a deepsea ship equipped with a gas-tur-bine plant have been successful. If the trials are satisfactory it will have taken British engineers threequarters of the way toward jet-pro-pulsion at sea. British jet experts and marine engineers, after working in great secrecy, have completed the building of an engine, thereby winning the race against scientists in America, Norway, and Switzerland. The new marine engine they have produced is designed to develop 6000 horse-power, or more, over long periods. It abolishes boiler rooms, gives greater speeds, and allows more passenegrs and cargo to be carried. First costs and maintenance charges also are reduced. If next year's trials are successful the designers will then set about sailing solely by jet-thrust.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 30 October 1946, Page 6
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