London, July 15.
Unsurpassed activity in all British shipyards is forecast.
Lloyds Report for the quarter ending June 30 shows that 88,732 tons were building in British and North Ireland shipyards. This was 50 per cent, above the figure for the cor~ responding period last year, and the highest total for any quarter since 1990, It represented 43% per cent. of the world's shipbuilding, with the exception of Russia, for which country Agures are not available.
The Cunard-White Star liner contemplates the construction of at least eight new liners, apart from a sister ship to the Queen Mary. Completely modernizing their fleet and challenge ing the world, the line will specialize intermediate steamers, luxuriously fitted and) carrying passengers at popular prices, The government's _re-armament plans mean that every naval shipyard will be occupied six months hence in the construction of vessels ranging from 33,000-ton battleships to submarines.
'Engine works, boiler works, gun and armour-plate factories are also' very busy, while range-finders, fire-control apparatus and optical' glass will entail orders worth millions of Pounds sterling. Plants which have deen idle for many years will be Going at full blast, 'The naval expert of the "Daily Telegraph" says that SheM™eld alone will construct 24 14-in. guns, 110 ¢-in, guns, 200 4.75-in. guns, and 30,000 fons' of the finest armour-plate, The reconstruction programme is expected to continue at least till 1942, Reuter.
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