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ITALIAN PROJECT. FORTY KNOTS SPEED. I’refis Association- Electric Telegraph -Copyrigh. (Received Tuesday, 9.5 a.m.) ROME, Monday. Experts arc greatly interested in the nature of the super-liners first mentioned by Mussolini in an interview as being built at Genoa'. They will be between 35,000 and 40,000 tons. There is a secret device increasing the speed to forty knots. It is the invention of an Italian naval officer. Some believe that it consists of a belt of thin steel with, a ball-bearing device, greatly diminishing the waves’ impact. . Moreover, it is stated that the ships may Scarry propellers amidships. This is regarded as one of Italy’s most sensational efforts under Mussolini’s active impulse, aiming primarily at the capture of the Mediterranean passenger service, and a direct challenge to Britain’s trans-Atlantic trade.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 30 November 1926, Page 5
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