MORE MOTOR SHIPS.
INCREASE IN NUMBER OF DIESEL f ENGINE VESSELS. | Steadily the number is increasing- of jj: ships fitted with Diesel internal'ceiubus- "* tion engines. Lloyd's annual report states there are 12 such vessels in service, and that 25 others are being built. One vessel, the Pordonian, made a non-stop run of 26 days.from the Clyde to Quebec. "It should be mentioned," says the report, "that with further experience of these engines increased economy has been effected, and the improvements have been such that they have also been applied to the older vessels. In some vessels fitted with Diesel, engines there have been minor difficultis- with details, but these appear to have been overcome.'" There are now 1932 ships fitted with wireless 'telegraphy, as compared with 1392 a year ago, and 606 equipped with submarine signalling apparatus, an in* crease of
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1911, 20 November 1913, Page 3
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141MORE MOTOR SHIPS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1911, 20 November 1913, Page 3
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