A wind-driven propeller to supply .-lectric current, is a novel feature ol (he barque Penang, which was recently at Auckland. The propeller, which is on a mounting high above the poop deck, is an adaptation of a principle which the master oi the Penang (Captain K. V Karlsson) had heard of in Australia to supply electric current to outback stations. He had it fitted as an experiment when the ship was laid up for the winter in Sweden last year. Sufficient current is generated by the propeller to supply six electrical points and to keep tlie ship's wireless battery charged. On former voyages the radio could be used only for two months before Hie power was exhausted, but now. io tin 1 gratification of lhe news-hungry complement. tlie wireless set is in constant use. "The wind is excellent for it today,” commented Captain Karlsson, as he listened lor a moment to tlie hum of the propeller above the deck. "I should say that is a seven to eightampere breeze,” he added smilingly. “And lhey say that sailing ships are ulTfashioned '
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 March 1940, Page 6
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