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January, 1921 racing. A large number of exhibits of auxiliary apparatus for ships, welding and cutting devices, machine tools, etc., also were shown, * * * DBITIONAL German ships are being offered for sale by the British government through Lord Inch- cape, chairman of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Owing to prevailing conditions, sales are not being concluded as rapidly as was hoped, but recently it was 'announced that Lord Inchcape has sold 74 ships ageregating 354,870 tons, including the Berry, 17,000 gross tons, the Mosite, 16,900 tons, and the Zeprrerin, 14,000 tons. The average sale price of these 74 ships is £19 7s per ton, equivalent to $66 at current rate of exchange. This figure throws an interesting sidelight on the problem confronting the United States shipping board in connection with the disposal of its extensive fleet. ee ' NUMBER of British ships have recently been diverted from yards in the United Kingdom to Dutch builders for repairs. The latest is: the steamship NIGERIA which is to undergo a thorough overhauling at Rotterdam. This is due to the fact that Dutch firms have been able to quote consider- ably lewer figures than British ship re- pair yards owing to more favorable la- bor conditions. It is also understood that a number of American owners are executing repairs in Dutch ports in prei- erence to American ports. The savings in these cases are said to be about 15 per cent. The lower Dutch figures 'are partially accounted for by the deprecia- tion in the Dutch exhange. Skilied plat- ers aud riveters are paid only 1 shilling and 7 pence per hour ($0.27) in Dutch yards. Skilled laborers reccive 1 shill- ing and 6 pence ($0.25%4), and _ labor- ers 1 shilling and 3 pence ($0.21) per hour. % o*% °° * OHN I. Thorneycroft & Co., Lon- don, launched the steamer VILLE DE DANNEMARIE at their Woolston ship- yard Noy. 16. This vessel has been built for Le Groupement Industriel de Char- bons et de Transports, Rouen, France. The ViLLE pE DANNEMARIE, which was designed by her builders, is of the well deck with raised quarter-deck type. Her principal dimensions are: Length, 240 feet; breadth, molded, 36 feet; depth, molded, 18 feet 6 inches; draft, 16 feet 9 inches; tonnage, deadweight, about 2000. She is built of mild steel to Lloyds requirements for a 100 A. 1. class cargo steamer. The vessel's two cargo holds, one forward and the other aft, contain a combined capacity of 90.000 cubic feet, while coal bunkers for 150 tons are also provided. Water ballast is carried in the cellular double bottom THE MARINE REVIEW and in fore and aft peak tanks. The propeliing machinery, constructed in Thorneycrof{t's engine works, consists of triple expansion engines having cylin- ders 18x30x50 inches diameter by 33 inches streke, developing 900 indicated horsepower, and giving the ship a speed of 913 to 10 knots. Steam is generated in two Scotch boilers, each having two furnaces. These boilers are each 10 fect 6 inches in length, 13 feet 2 inches in diameter and carry a working pressure of 180 pounds per square mch. oe NE of the largest vessels ever con- structed on the Mersey river is the Cunard Liner Samaria, which was launched from Cammel Laird & Co.'s works at Brinkenhead, Nov. 27. She is 620 feet long with a gross tonnage of 21,000. Built to burn oil fuel, she will have eight decks, with accommoda- tion for over 2500 passengers. HO tee HE strike of the Liverpool district shipwrights, after lasting 11 weeks and seriously interfering with the ship- buiiding industry of the port, ended re- cently, the men returning on the employ- ers' terms. eek X EVERAL instances are reported on the northeast coast of England of contracts suspended or cancelled, but one. firm, Ropners Shipbuilding & Repairing Co., Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees, claims not to have cancelled a single contract. Sir William Seager states that the company might have cancelled contracts with a big initial profit to the company had it 'been desired to make a big sum out of such cancellations. The firm, however, desired to build the ships and keep their men employed. Scveral ships are still on order. not afraid of American competition if British shipbuilders can get their men to co-operate in jncreasing output. Given thai co-operation the shipbuilding indus- try of Britain will prove, in his opin- ion, equal to the task of restoring itself to its prewar position. * * » T PRESENT British river and shipyard workers are persistent in making further claims for increased wages. Tugboatmicn on the Tyne to the number of about 300 have ceased work in an effort to secure reduced kours, in- creased wages and concessions regarding overtime. About 70 vessels on the Tyne are affected. On the Tees, about 150 tugLoatmcn are also on strike for similar reasons. About 250 men engaged by the Tees Conservancy commission are also on strike. Shipyard joiners on the north- east coast are resisting a proposed reduc- tion of wages of J2 shillings ($2.05) per week make by the Shipbuilders Employ- ers association. The men's attitude may result in a strike. Labor is enforcing Sir William also said he is. 41 its claims in face of the fact that on the Tyne export trade is declining. This is shown by the 10 months' shipment of coal this year totalling only 8,449,619 tons. against 9,969,748 tons for the cor- responding period of last year. In the first 10 months of 1913, these Tyne ship- ments totaled 16,669,333 tons or 8,216,684 . tons nore than the present year's total for the same period. The Blythe Harbor commission, in order to reduce expendi- ture, and owing to conditions arising out of the coal strike, has deemed it neces- sary to discharge a considerable num- ber of its employes. The Blythe coal exports have shown a decrease of 133,- 000 tons for nine months compared with -- the same period of 1919, Want Payment by Results Despite the depressed condition of the British shipbuilding industry, skilled worknien are claiming a further ad- vance of 6 pence per hour. A discus- sion took place in London on Nov. 12 between representatives of the Shipbuilding F:nploy ers' federation aud the various unions of the men con- cerned, The men ask 6 pence an hour increase in wages with an equivalent percentage advance for piecework. The employers, on the other hand, are en-' deavoring to get the men to accept an alternative proposal for payment by re- | sults. Vhe meeting was held in pri- vate, and it is stated that the whole matter was fully discussed but no de- cision was reached. A further meet- ing is to be held to consider the ques- tions involved. Trying Times Predicted : Sir G. B. Hunter, of Swann, Hunter & William Richardson, shipbuilders, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, in a speech at the miayor's luncheon at Wallsend, Nov. 9, said there was a difficult time just before the industry. ~ For every new order placed, ship- owners were trying to cancel ttwo or- ders, he declared. Tonnage was not being turned out quickly, he said, and a large number of vessels were waiting for their en- gins. While some orders were being placed, shipowners were appalled at the high costs, and unless these were reduced by lower wages, or by in- creased productiveness, 'the industry would not reach former high stand- ards. Though New Orleans is second only to New York as to total tonnage and total value of cargoes handled, it ranked fourth among the ports of the country in the shipping board's assignment of tonnage during the past year. New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia pre- ceded New Orleans. :