Popularity of Diesel
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Power For Future Ships
A RECENT announcement, by a Pacific shipowner, that he is returning to steam, in a new ship under construction, owing to unsatisfactory service from in ternal combustion engines, has been sharply challenged by engineers. They say that there may be difficulties in get ting marine motor-engineers; but that the reliability of motor-engines has been proved and reproved.
Lloyds Register shows that on March 31, 1937, there were 372 Diesel-powered ships in course of construction, compared with about 300 steam-driven vessels.
These figures show how the Diesel engine is coming into favour.