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tings replaced after which the dock was put again in commission. This floating dock is the largest on the At- lantic coast south of Newport News and has been almost constantly in use since it was bulit. Launch S. S. Laurentic for White Star Line The new LAURENTIC building at Bel- fast, Ireland for the White Star line was launched on June 16. The first LAURENTIC was sunk off the coast of Ireland during the war when car- rying troops and $25,000,000 in gold. She is of 18,700 tons register and has been designed for the St. Law- rence river trade but is also adapted to winter cruising and it is expected will make her first voyage in Janu- ary on a New York to Mediterranean cruise. After a second such cruise she will enter the Montreal Liverpool service in the spring of 1928. The LAURENTIC is a triple screw vessel, 604 feet long and 75 feet in breadth. The power plant is of the OLympPic type with two reciprocating engines exhausting into a central low pressure turbine. Her sea speed is to be 16% knots. In appearance she will be similar to the PENNLAND, the Doric and the REGINA though larger. She has the latest type of passenger accommodations throughout, including suites with sitting rooms and con- nected bed rooms with full width beds and attached private baths. The din- ing salon seats 310 persons. On the promenade deck there is a_ large lounge with permanent floor for danc- ing, a smoking room paneled in oak, a drawing room in the Empire style, a playroom for children, a gymnasium and a veranda cafe. Her passenger capacity in cabin is 400 and for trans- atlantic trade 1600. Latest appliances for quick and efficient handling of cargo have been installed. There is an unusually large capacity for refrigerated cargo of all kinds at varying temperatures as re- quired. In addition to the wireless installation the LAuURENTIC will be fitted with a wireless direction finder, submarine signal apparatus, non- magnetic semaphore installation and a gyro compass. British Naval Architects The Institution of Naval Architects will hold its summer meeting at Cam- bridge, England, July. 12-15. The meetings will open in the senate house on July 12 when the following papers will be read: Shipping in the Time of Pepys, by G. S. Laird Clowes Esq.; Pulverized Fuel for Marine Work, by 46 Engineer Commander, J. C. Brand and the Propulsive Efficiency of Row- ing, by F. H. Alexander Esq. On July 13, members of the Institution will visit Bedford and the Queen’s Engineering Works. Additional papers as follows will be read on July 14: The Analysis of Screw Propeller Effi- ciency With Particular Reference to Froude’s Methods, by G. S. Baker Esq.; Average Sea Speed Under Win- ter Conditions, by J. L. Kent, and Deformation and Stressed Distribu- tion in Rigid Airships, by Prof. Wil- liam Hovgaard. In the afternoon the colleges will be visited and a garden party will be held in King’s College Garden. The banquet of the In- stitution will be held in the evening in the hall of Trinity college. On Juy 15 the members will be received and entertained at Ipswich by mem- bers of the reception committee at their respective plants. Axel Rossell 1865-1927 Axel Rossell, well known naval architect, died suddenly from heart disease on May 23. He was born at Kalmar, Sweden, Sept. 17, 1865, and was graduated from the University of Gothenburg in 1888 in the course in naval architecture. Shortly after graduating he came to this country and obtained a position at William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Build- ing Co. where he stayed for about seven years when he was called to the Maryland Steel Co. He returned to Cramps in 1896 and a year later was made head of the hull drafting department in which position he con- tinued until the winter of 1918 when he was appointed assistant naval architect of the Emergency Fleet Corp. In that position he worked night and day, seven days a week, in an effort to keep things going prop- erly in the ship yards all over the country. . After the Armistice he resigned from his position with the Emergency Fleet Corp. and joined the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. who sent him abroad as a special investigator. Re- turning to the United States he super- vised the reconditioning of the Lr- VIATHAN, the RepusLic and_ other large passenger steamships. With Horace H. Thayer he opened an of-. fice in Philadelphia under the firm name of Rossell & Thayer, naval architects and marine engineers. Mr. Thayer is continuing this office in the Whiterspoon building, Philadel- phia. Mr. Rossell was affiliated with the Masonic order; and was a member of the Society of Naval Architects MARINE REVIEW—July, 1927 lision bulkhead saved her. and Marine Engineers since 1895. His home was at Devon, Pa., and he is survived by his wife, Florence J. Rossell. United Fruit Steamer Has Trial Trip On May 81 the S. S. Irion, a fine- ly modeled fruit and passenger vessel for the services of the United Fruit Co., satisfactorily passed her sea trials and was turned over to rep- resentatives of the owner. This is the third vessel completed this year by Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd., Bel- fast for the United Fruit Co. She was built under special survey of the British corporation to its high- est class. The principal dimensions are: Length overall 357 feet; breadth, 48 feet; and depth, 31 feet 6 inches with a gross tonnage of about 4200. The IrioNA is of the poop, bridge and forecastle type with large deck- house superstructure amidships for first class passengers. The passenger staterooms accom- modate two or three passengers and include en-suite rooms and a large number of cabins with private bath rooms. The smoking room, lounge and dining salon are spacious and at- tractively decorated. The culinary ar- rangements are of the most modern type including a kitchen and bakery fitted with oil burning and electric cooking equipment. © Large cold storage chambers with refrigerating plant are provided for provisions and special cargo. There are three ‘tween decks forward and aft and also hold spaces especially arranged for carrying fruit. Ven- tilation of fruit spaces is obtained by means of large cowl ventilators which deliver fresh air to all the com- partments. Special mechanical ex- haust arrangements are fitted to each space. In cold weather the air sup- ply is heated. D. H. Young, superintending en- gineer of the United Fruit Co. ac- companied by J. Shirley Esplen and Mr. O’Sullivan attended the trial in the interests of the owner. - JACOB CHRISTENSEN rammed the Matson liner MALOLO in a heavy fog off Nantucket May 25. Her bow was bad- ly crumpled (shown in an illustra- tion on another page) but the col- A> survey was made and bids were received to make repairs. Morse Drydock Repair Co., New York, where the Mauouto is also being repaired, was successful bidder at a figure of $23,- 000 and 12 days’ time. Six bids in all were received ranging all the way up to $30,110,000.