MARINE TATTLE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 586, 12 February 1929, Page 2

MARINE TATTLE

MOTOR-SHIP PRODUCTION IN 1928. —When the complete figures are available, it will be found, according to "The Motor Ship,” that the number and tonnage of motor-vessels built throughou: the world in 1928 will be 50 per cent, greater than during the previous year. It is estimated that the total will reach 1.250,000 tons gross, compared uiih 816,000 tons gross in 19?7. The rapiiity of the growth of popularity of the motorvessel is illustrated by the fact tha: in 1923 the ships of this class that were built totalled rather under one quarter of a million tons gross, or 20 per cent, o ( the corresponding figure this year.

CAPTAIN GEORGE FRIED. Many adventures have; come to Captain George Fried, commander of the passenger liner America, who was instrumental in saving the crew of the freighter Florida recently during a big storm in the Atlantic. He is a tall, blue-eyed quiet seaman trained in the U.S.A. navy, well knewn on the Atlantie coast lines, but only a name so far as New Zealand and the Pacific are concerned. He first gamed notoriety and world-wide recognition ana applause as a result of the heroic rescue of the crew of the sinking British car*; boat Antinoe in the winter of 1526. This rescue, as well as the more recent one where the crew of the Florida was as well as numerous other sea incidenti. were effected by virtue of Captain Fried’s seamanship, dogged persiatenc* and dauntless courage, coupled vnt. similar virtues in his officers and cre The best account of his rescue work in command of the President Rooseveii is contained in the terse report he »«“' to the office of the United States Lines on January 29. 1926. The Preside'; Roosevelt had received the S.O.S. cau early on the morning of the 24th. had completed the work of rescue, me gale having subsided, by moonlight m mearly hours of the 28th. The detaii*story of this achievement through lot. days of driving winds, snow squalls deck-sweeping waves will live as oo* 1 the great epics of the North Atian a Captain Fried, who is now 50 enlisted at New York in the America-' Navy in the year 1900. He served tinuously until 1916, when he was tran* ferred to the Naval Fleet Reserve. 1917 he was commissioned ensign in Naval Reserves, being relieved ~ active duty in 1919, then holding commission of lieutenant. During Great War he served on the Solace, a ' tucky and Petrel, commanded tne * derdyk, and was navigator on the ab_ ica, of which he is now captam- ; which was at that time a transport, x• j some years he was in command « President Roosevelt, gaining in tha>: P* the respect and admiration of passengers. After the Antinoe dent England and America vied w:itn-% other in expressing official and uno ® aB( ; congratulations upon the rescJ *?’ _sy once again the world is ex P admiration of another gallant rescu