CONCRETE SHIPS.
•LAUNCH OF THE FIRST VESSEL. OTHERS TO FOLLOW. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Cliristiania, September 13. The first stone vessel has been launched. It was constructed of concrete, except the steel ribs. Herr Bromstom, Minister of Marine, who is a leading Swedish ship-owner, ordered the first vessel, of MOO tons. He is delighted with the result, and proposes to construct concrete ships of Iij.OOO to 20,000 tons, to be used as railway ferries between Gotheborg and England. Experts consider that a new epoch in ship-build-ing has been inaugurated.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1916, Page 2
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88CONCRETE SHIPS. Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1916, Page 2
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