SAILING SHIPS ARE NOT YET OUTDATED
^ Received Wednesdav, 7 p.m.. LONDON, Jan. 13. Tlie Kvening Staiulard says there i» likeiy to be a revival of interest in sailing ships ,/wing to the increaseu fne] costs for steaniships and motoi vessels. Tlie Standard points out that tlu Paii;ir will shortlv have competition, as two (A' the survivors of Captain Gu'staJ J.iikson's fleet of 11 windjainmers, tln Passat and the Viking, are shortlv diu to leave Australian ports with ea rgoetof grain for Britain. With the break ing up of tlie Moshulu, whicli weni agronnd last woek in Bogen Piorct Norwuy. other survivors of Captain Inikson 's ileet still at sea are the Pamir, the Lawhill and the Pommern The Pommern is now trading in the Baltic and the Lawhill, which was sei/ed as a war prize by the Soutn Atri.-an Government, is trading in South African waters. The Killoran
tlie Oiivebank and the. l>enang, were sunk bv enemv aetion. The Winter hude liecame a coal liulk, and the Peking is a merchant navy training sliip. The eleventh member of Captain "Vikson's fleet, the Areliibald Russell, • v^As being recondil ioned 011 Ihe Clyde A'hen he. dieil, and is still there.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 January 1948, Page 5
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