SAILING SHIPS.
WORLD TONNAGE STILL LARGE. (BT CABLE—PBJSS ASBOCIATIOH—COPIWOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AN» JT.X. CABLB ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, December 7. That the sailing ship has still an important part to play is the declaration of the president of the British Sailing Shipowners' Association. The day 'of skilled and adventurous crews is not passed, he says. The world's present tonnage of sailers is 1,153,000, representing; 690 ships, of which 25,000 tons are British.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19179, 9 December 1927, Page 13
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69SAILING SHIPS. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19179, 9 December 1927, Page 13
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