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British Naval Architects Hold Summer Meeting The Institution of Naval Archi- tects will hold its summer meeting in London on July 10 to 18 inclusive. Representatives of experimental tanks in Great Britain and in other eountries have been invited to take part in an international conference on problems conected with ship re- sistance and propulsion. An abstract has been prepared of results published on a methodical series of resistance experiments on ship models and their use and de- sign. This abstract has been pre- pared by G. S. Baker, superintend- ent of the William Froude Labora- tory and A. W. Riddle, assistant in the William Froude laboratory. It brings together the various pa- pers on experiments on ship hulls carried out in the Alfred Yarrow tank at the National Physical lab- oratory, Teddington, since 1911. These results are collected and con- densed so that with little labor the data can be applied to any given set of conditions. The results are given in the form of tables of model dimensions and constants together with 30 figures of comparative re- sistance curves, lines, etc. From the collected data given the broad effect of a number of changes can be obtained, and general results can readily be applied to hulls which differ in form quite materially from the series dealt with. The method of using the data is illustrated by examples, so that readers not accus- tomed to the ‘‘constant’’ notation will be able to utilize the work with- out difficulty, Cabin Picket Boats On May 28 bids were opened at the United States engineer office, Phila- delphia by Major Mason J. Young for constructing and delivery afloat of two 36-foot cabin picket boats. Ten bids were received, the lowest of which was from the Robinson Ma- rine Construction Co., Benton Har- bor, Mich., at $17,500, with delivery in 120 days. Other bids ranged in amount from $17,980 with delivery in 90 days from the Salisbury Yacht Building Co, Inc., Salisbury, Md., to $24,744 and 100 days from the Elec- tric Boat Co., Bayonne, N. J. No award had been made. Sails on Maiden Voyage The S. S. MANUELA, sister ship of the ANGELINA described in the June issue of MARINE Review, sailed from Pier 22, Brooklyn, N. Y., June 9 on her ini- tal voyage to San Juan and other Puerto Rican ports. The MANUELA, built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. for A. H. Bull Steamship Co., is 410 feet, 9 inches long, 55 feet beam, and has a deadweight of 7250 tons. On returning from her initial voy- age from New York to Puerto Rico, the ANGELINA, sister ship of the MANUELA, covered the distance of 1490 miles in the remarkably fast time of 8 days, 22 hours and 14 minutes. Capt. William E. Briggs, associated with the Bull line for more than 20 years, is master of the MANUELA. Appointed New Commander Of S. S. Santa Rosa When the Grace Line’s flagship, SANTA Rosa, sailed on June 8 from New York for Pacific coast ports, Capt. Alf Adler, one of the youngest Ameri- can skippers to command a big pas- senger ship, was on her bridge. He succeeds Capt. Kurt Zastrow, who is leaving for the west coast to act as relief captain of the company’s ships. Captain Adler, 31 years of age, has held his master’s certificate since he was 25. He has commanded six ves- sels of the Grace line in recent years, his last command being the SANTA Crecin1A, one of the company’s four cabin liners recently withdraws from the intercoastal trade. The Santa Rosa, one of four cabin liners built especially for the inter- coastal trade, has a displacement of 16,500 tons. She is 508 feet long and has a speed of 20 knots. After leav- ing New York, the ports of call are Havana, Puerto Colombia, Cartagena, Cristobal, Balboa, La Libertad, San Jose de Guatemala, Mazatlan, [os Angeles harbor, San Francisco, Vic- toria and Seattle. Capt. Alf Adler New commander, S. 8S. Santa Rosa MARINE REvVIEw—July, 1934 One Hundredth Round Trip Made by lle de France The French line’s flagship, the ILu DE FRANCE, has the distinction of hav- fing completed the westbound half of her one hundredth round trip since she entered service seven year's ago. The ILE pre FRANCE arrived in New York June 12. Since sailing on her maiden voyage on June 22, 1927, from Havre for Ply- mouth and New York, the ILE bE FRANCE has carried in the transatlan- tic service almost 160,000 passengers. Including the number she was con- servatively expected to carry when she sailed eastbound on June 16, her grand total is 159,002, of whch 71,794 are first class passengers. Therefore, her average from the 100 crossing in each direction is 795 passengers per Cross- ing, 359 of them in first class. Of the grand total of 159,002 in all classes, there were 77,203 westbound passengers and 81,799 eastbound pas- sengers. Of the 71,794 first class pas- sengers, 35,747 were westbound and 36,047 were eastbound. The success the ILE DE FRANCE has achieved, as attested by the number of passengers averaged in season and out, indicates her popularity with the traveling public. Admiral Hughes Dies Retired since 1930, Admiral Charles F. Hughes, former comman- der-in-chief of the United States bat- tle fleet and chief of naval opera tions, died on May 28 at his home Chevy Chase, Md. He was born in Bath, Me., Oct. 14, 1866, and graduated from the United States Naval academy in 1884. His promotion after becoming a com- mander in 1910 was rapid. He be- came a captain in 1914 and a rear admiral in 1918. .In 1913-14 he was chief of staff of the Atlantic fleet. During the Spanish American war, he took part in the battle of Manila. in 1912 he was with the fleet at Vera Cruz and again when this city was captured in 1914. From 1914 to 1916 Admiral Hughes was a member of the gen- eral naval board. From November, 1917, to October, 1918, he served with British grand fleet in the North sea. He was commandant of the Phila- delphia navy yard in 1918-1920 and served as commandant of the naval war college in 1923-1924. The Europa, North German Lloyd express liner, sailed from pier 86, foot of West Forty-sixth street, New York, on June 1 for Cherbourg, Southampton and Bremen carrying a passenger com- plement of 1575. 19 JERS AS SSE eR