Britain Sails Quarter Of World's Trade Ships
Received Wednesdav, 7 p.m. LOXDOX, April 2l. In less than three vears about ; 3,000,000 tons had heen added to mer- I ehant shipping in Fnited Kingdom ownership and to-day the Ited Ensign flew over one-quarter of the world's nierehant tonnagp, said Mr. Barnes, Minister of Transport in London. He added i that the pre-war proportion was about one-third and that Britain 's aim was , to restore her merehant fleet to at least • its pre-war strength. The total number . of men in the merehant navy was probably not very far below pre-war ' strength. In quality the men? imn never been better. I
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 April 1948, Page 5
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