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The gradual release of ships from Government service has followed , first , the preparation of plans by the War Office and the Ministry of Transport , the one department stating its needs and the other proposing how they could be met .
The gradual release of ships from Government service has followed , first , the preparation of plans by the War Office and the Ministry of Transport , the one department stating its needs and the other proposing how they could be met .
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Ships were out of action , being reconditioned and for repairs , which in some areas were taking two or three times as long as before ... They have the effect of greatly reducing the carrying capacity of a ship in the course of a year .
Ships were out of action , being reconditioned and for repairs , which in some areas were taking two or three times as long as before ... They have the effect of greatly reducing the carrying capacity of a ship in the course of a year .
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Excluding these ships and those which are returnable , the ordinary cargo fleet is of similar size to that owned before the war , although some of the newer ships are of higher speed . On the other hand , any advantages from greater ...
Excluding these ships and those which are returnable , the ordinary cargo fleet is of similar size to that owned before the war , although some of the newer ships are of higher speed . On the other hand , any advantages from greater ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 286 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1948 |
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