THE CROSS-CHANNEL FERRY
HOW IT REPAID THE OUTLAY.
London, November 23. It is now permitted to say that the crqss-Channel train ferry service was of enormous advantage in forwarding urgent replacements of guns,, tanks, etc., during the German .March offensive. It is probably not an 'exaggeration to say that this alone justified the whole outlay. 'A regular service was maintained between llichborough and Calais or Dunkirk, and between Southampton and Dieppe, by three twin : screw steamers, 363 ft. long, 61ft. broad, and with a draught of 10ft., and with a. speed of 12 knots. . Each was provided with four lines of rail track, carrying si' ten-ton wagons. The whole scheme was carried out by military labour.—Aus.-N.Z.. Cable Assn. , ■
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 52, 26 November 1918, Page 5
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118THE CROSS-CHANNEL FERRY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 52, 26 November 1918, Page 5
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