FIRST OF THE STANDARDISED SHIPS
HANDED OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT. (Rec. August 30, 8.25 p.m.) London, August 30. The "Daily Telegraph" states that the shipbuilders have handed over to the Uovernmeut, after satisfactory testa, the first standardised ship of 8000 tons deadweight capacity. They were finished in live months, and aro a good tyye of cargocarrier, constructed iu the quickest time with tho minimum amount of material. Every largo shipbuilder is constructing standardised ships of 8000, 5000, aud 3000 tons. The hulls, machinery, aud engines are standardised. The vessels .are equipped with fast loading and discharging gear, and some are specially designed for carrying grain. Tho crew's quarters aft are steam-heated, and provided with bathrooms.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3178, 31 August 1917, Page 5
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117FIRST OF THE STANDARDISED SHIPS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3178, 31 August 1917, Page 5
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