ITALY’S MYSTERY LINERS
A CHALLENGE TO BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE?
Experts, it was reported in the cable news yesterday, arc intrigued at the nature of mention of which was made by Signor Mussolini in an interview. They are being ’ d to 40 be between 35,000 and 40,000 tons displacement. The liners have a secret device for <”crei g P knots, the* invention of an Italian natal officer. Some believe it consists of abe oft s ‘« e ' a bearing device for greatly diminishing the impact of the waves. Moreover, it is stat d t ‘ ■ M?.c, o ii n p' s propellers amidships. This is regarded as one of Italy’s most sensational efforts under ® active impulse aiming primarily at the capture of the Mediterranean passenger v L.'.j-i.. rcccnt’lv of the direct challenge to England’s trans-Atlantic trade. The photograph shows the launch in I states S s. Roma, which will be the largest vessel to ply direct between the Mediterranean and tfmWt
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 58, 2 December 1926, Page 11
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158ITALY’S MYSTERY LINERS Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 58, 2 December 1926, Page 11
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