Design of Cargo Steamers

Abstract

IN the aftermath of the Great War, probably no branch of activity suffered so much disorganisation as that of shipbuilding. To make good the deficiencies of the moment, standard ships were hurriedly built with little or no relation to the particular work which each would have to do, and with inadequate attention to other details of design. The lean years which followed made the times difficult even for the most efficient of fleets, and, without any foundation on which to build up a post-War policy, the business of shipbuilding has been in much the same plight as a ship the steering gear of which has broken down.