TOWARDS JET PROPULSION AT SEA
Rccoivcd Ft'iiLty, 7 p.m. LONDON, Octr 25. "Workprs in a Livorpool sliipynrd aro hoping to hear early next year 1lnd 1hey liave played a part in Ihe first ntove towards the gretitest ti'ansition in ocean 1ransi)ort since the changc irom sail to steiim. They are hoping to learn that the trials oi* a deepsea ship etpiipped with a gas tnrhine plant, hnve been snccessi'nl. 11' the. trials ;ire sa1 islactory it will have takou British engineers threeiiuartrrs oi' thfTway towards direct jet ]>ropnlsion at sea. ih-itish jet experts and marino engineers, al'te.r working in gre.it seei'eey, have eompletod the building of an engine, thereby winning the race against scientists in America, Norway and Switzerlauil. The new marine engine they have produced, is designed to ' develop 6000 horsepower or more over long periods. It abolishes boiler-rooms and gives gre.'iter speeds and tdlows more passengers and eai*go to be earried. First. costs and maintena-nee charges are also redneed. 1 1' next year's trials are suceessi'ul the designers will ' then set about sailing solely by jet thrust.
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Chronicle (Levin), 26 October 1946, Page 5
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