London, May 1, 'A. small_stecl ship' sels out this week for Singapore—proud of being the first vessel to sail East under the orders of the Air Ministry.
Built at Northwich, Cheshire, in the yard of Messrs. Yarwood & Sons, she hasbeen known locally as "the mystery ship."
This reputation has been intensified the disclosure that, for the past 4¥4 months, Aireraftsman 'T. E. Shaw (once world-famous as "Lawrence of Arabia") has been working on the pew ship.
This fact has only now emerged. Other workers did" not guess the Hdentity of the fair and slight "Mr. Shaw", who arrived every morning the shipyard bare-headed, wearing. tweed Jecket and flannel trousers. He put on workman's blue dungarees and [quietly concentrated on certain techni. cal duties on board the growing ves-'Sel. Shaw has, of course, for some {time specialized on speed-boat work at the R. A. F, Base, Calshot.
Now the "mystery ship" has taken ithe sea. "Her name is the Aquarius, length 113 ft, beam 22% ft.
She will be'used for re-fuelling and stores "duties with No. 205 (Flying Boat) Squadron, Singapore, according, to information from official sources.
Aquarius carries a crew of 32, including. eight aircraft ratings and
is equipped with a range directionalrraft wirds coaeios,_ Sha finding apparatus which can locate aircraft as far away as 200 miles—Reuter.
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