Launch of the etr. Anning Mrs. H. E. Arnhold performed the ceremony of launching the str. Anning, intended for passenger and cargo service through the Yangtze Gorges, at the Yangtzepoo Dock on Monday. The vessel was shipped out from the builders, Messrs. Yarrow & Ca., of Glasgow, ju the "knock down" state, and constructed at the yard of the New Engineering & Shipbuilding Ca.
By a curious coincidence H.M.S. Kinsha, until recently the flagship of the Yangtze Patrol, and the first river boat put together by the New Engineering & Shipbuilding Ca., 23 years ago, was in dry lock alongside the new ship. The comparison of the two types of vessel, as was pointed out by Mr. A. W. Brankston, at the reception which followed the launching, showed the rapid advancement which has been made in the construction of vessels intended for the navigation of the Gorges.
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