Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock (1906)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : offices of "Engineering" · leaf 148
rtuguese Company five large vessels were built, andfor the French Trans-Atlantic Company eleven fast liners.Other cases might be mentioned, but these suffice. As regards fast, steamers the recent warships builtand described in a previous chapter may be acceptedas typical in so far as the problems… … Q < U I—i Favoured Types in the British Fleet. 75 work. Moreover, it must be remembered, that the maritimepredominance of Britain is due as much to that enormousfleet of moderate-speed intermediate and cargo ships, whichmaintain exceptionally long voyages with regularity andeconomy, as to the…
