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What the British Are Doing Short Surveys of Important Activities in Maritime Centers of Island Empire HE expected boom in British shipbuilding has not yet mater- jalized but there are encouraging signs, particularly in the Clyde area. The majority of the firms in that district are much busier than they were a few months ago and increas- ing numbers of men are finding em- ployment. The output for the year up to date consists of 72 vessels of 104,706 tons which is less than that of the first five months of last year by over 35,000 tons and of that of 1913 by over 189,000 tons. Among re- eent contracts is one which the Can- adian Pacific Steamships Ltd. have placed with John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank, for two additional passen- ger and cargo liners of the owners “M” class. These will be sister ships to the two ordered in the summer of last year—one from John Brown and the other from William Beardmore— and will be geared turbine steamers of about 18,000 tons gross with ac- commodation for about 1600 passen- gers, and capacity for about 4000 tons of cargo. * * ie HE passenger and cargo steam- : er AVALONA built by John Brown & Co. for the Blue Star Line re- cently underwent trials. on the Clyde. The vessel is designed for passenger and refrigerated meat trade between Great Britain and South America. The propelling machinery consists of two sets of Parsons combined impulse and reaction turbines operating with twin screws through single reduction me- chanical gearing. 7k ok ok RINCESS Mary, Viscountess Las- celles, performed the ceremony of launching the Australian cruiser CAN- BERRA from the shipyard of John Brown & Co. Clydebank on May 31. Lord Aberconway presiding at the luncheon which followed the launching of the vessel, said the CANBERRA Was of 10,000 tons displacement which was the limit of size for her class imposed by the Washington Convention. She would carry 38400 tons of oil fuel and would have a far greater radius of action than that to which they were accustomed in cruisers, while she would have a speed of 31% knots which was not approached by a de- stroyer a few years ago. x OR HE oil tanker BEACON STREET of 11,009 tons, launched by Palmers Shipbuilding Co. at Jarrow for the Beacon Oil Co. of America has been constructed in 100 days. The tanker is built on the bracketless system in- vented by Sir Joseph Isherwood, who on behalf of the owners stated that he was highly pleased at such rapid construction in a British shipyard. The vessel was christened by Mrs. Hague, wife of R. L. Hague, man- ager of the marine department of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey who made a special journey from America for the ceremony. % * % HE Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. of the Clyde are about to con- struct two large single screw passen- ger and cargo vessels for a_ well known Liverpool firm of shipowners. The ships will be between 10,000 and 11,000 tons deadweight and will be propelled at a speed of 11% knots by Harland, B. & W. internal com- bustion engines supplied by John G. Kineaid and Co. Ltd. of Greenwich. They will be of practically the same dimensions as the four twin screw vessels which the Blythwood Ship- building Co. have under construction for Furness Withy & Co. and which were ordered in January of last year. oe * bs ALMERS SHIPBUILDING Co. launched the Bo.uivar, one of 11 tankers ordered by the Venezuela Oil Co. A. B. Gowan, managing director, on the occasion of the launch, said that prices were very low and the only road to recovery was by rapid output. Workmen were doing their best to -assist the employer, but a tremendous amount more shipyard work was needed. The company has about twenty vessels on the books. SUA Le = = | What's Doing Around The Lakes : FAROE etal oe eee ORMAL opening to traffic of the new Buffington harbor of the Uni- versal Portland Cement Co., at Buf- fington, Ind., was attended by inter- esting public ceremonies on June 9. Vice President Charles G. . Dawes raised a flag over the new structure at the dedication ceremonies. Besides Vice President Dawes’ ad- dress, other speakers were E. J. Buf- fington, president, and T. W. Robin- son, vice president in charge of op- erations, of the Illinois Steel Co., Senator James E. Watson, of Indiana, and William R. Dawes, president of 38 the Chicago Association of Commerce. B. F. Affleck, president of the Uni- versal Portland Cement Co., pre- sided. Two lake steamers of the Goodrich Transit Co: carried more than 1500 engineers, architects and others to the harbor from Chicago. * * * HE new deep water harbor and dock cost more than $2,000,000. It provides facilities for unloading limestone received from Michigan quarries and for loading cement for shipment to various lake ports. The storage yard covers 30 acres, and was MARINE REVIEW—July, 1927 created with cand dredged from the harbor. The capacity of the. yard is 1,000,000 tons of limestone or coal. a8 * bo REAT LAKES vessels now are in full operation on summer sched- ules. Boats operating out of Chi- cago are on daylight savings time, with schedules corresponding with the boat lines on Lake Erie. Only slight changes were made in the pas- senger boat schedules from last sea-_ son. This year’s passenger season was more than three weeks delayed by backward weather. Trial trips found