Atlantic Liner Guided Up Mersey Solely by Radar
London, Oct. 4. • Guided solely by radar, the Empress of Canada berthed at Liverpool only four minutes late in a thick for which in other days would have obliged her to anchor offshore. She is the first large ship to berth by radar. . , , Captain E. A. Shergold said that from the time he reached the lightship off Liverpool until a motor launch slipped out from the landing stage and a voice shouted "you re here.” ships officers saw only what the radar screen showed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 7 October 1947, Page 5
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