Two New Liners Increase Our Merchant Fleet

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1916

Date Released

11 Jul 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Tommy and Jack to Rescue in Dock Strike
2. 2Farming Will Lessen Dollar Gap
3. 3Horace Lindrum Snookers Single Blessedness
4. 4Two New Liners Increase Our Merchant Fleet
5. 5Future Wives Show What’s Cooking
6. 6Bobby Locke Wins "Open" in Play Off

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

Lady Bruce launches new P&O liner Chusan. Clydebank Duchess of Gloucester names Rangitane, new passenger-cargo vessel for New Zealand trade.

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats; Launchings

Locations

Barrow

Library number

17905

Length of story (in feet)

110

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