SPEED BOAT
ACROSS ATLANTIC IN 50 MOCKS. Signor Bugatti, the Italian motorcar manufacturer. whose works are in Prance, announces that his speed boat, which is expected to lie capable of crossing the Atlantic from Havre to New York in 50 hours, will he completed lie to re the end of the year, writes the Rome correspondent of the " Daily News.” The boat will tie of a semi-submersible type. 27 yards in length, and ten feet, broad, and in shape will he something similar to a submarine. Like a submarine, it will he hermetically sealed. The boat will lie driven by four oilfuelled engines, each driving its own propeller, totalling 2100 h.p. Tt is claimed that a speed of 55 knots will lie attained, making it possible to reach the United States in 50 hours. Tt will* he possible, it is stated, to carry eight passengers when fuel for a 00 hours’ trip is stored on hoard, or 20 passengers when fuel for a 10 hours’ voyage is carried. Signor Bugat.t.i claims that the boat will provide eventually the cheapest and most rapid means of travel. The oil consumption will he comparatively small, and only a small crew will lie required.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1927, Page 1
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