THREE SHIPS IN ONE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 257, 23 October 1908, Page 4

THREE SHIPS IN ONE.

JS'JAKTLIXW PLANS FOll FUTUKi: OCKAN IJXEKS. A revolution in .shipbuilding methods is foreshadowed in a booklet entitled "'The Ocean Empress of the Future.'' The writer, 31 r. .James Dickie, states that for years past shipbuilders have been working on wrong lines with anl.i<|imted ideas. Despite every improvement in propelling power the old "slop .-ihiipe" has been' steadily adhered to, and every extra knot or two shown by the newest, ocean greyhounds has on'y been obtained at, an enormous aud un.ncccssary expenditure. tireat speed and perfect safety are to he obtained in the ship of the future in unite a new way. Instead of one lrull, the new ship is to have three long, narrow hulls or runners, pointed at each end, all three being connected by the deck and upper works. Ko les.s novel is the method of applying the propelling power. Instead of being concentrated at the stern of the vessel it is distributed throughout its entire length by a scries of propellers which project from the sides of the hulls into the water channels between.'