London, May 31.
Three war vessels, aggregating 104,000 tons, now occupy the John Brown's fitting-out basin at the Clyde-bank. This is the greatest aggregation of war tonnage in the experience of any shipbuilding yard.
Today's addition was the new 8,000- lon cruiser Fiji—the first of its class to be launched—which joined the 85,000-ton Queen Elizabeth in the fitting-out basin.
The new 34000 tons Mauretania left Liverpool today for the Clyde, and will tomorrow undergo her steam trials off the Isle of Arran. She starts her maiden voyage to New York on June 17.—Wireless through Reuter.
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