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Saturday, 21 August 2021

British intended to start on short notice with building nuclear tanker according to the Dutch newspaper Trouw dated 25 July 1957

An item reported that the shipbuilders of the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth announced that on short notice at the Clyde would be started with building the first 65.000 tons measuring nuclear propelled tanker with as building costs 11,5 million pound sterling including 4 million for the hull, 6 million for the kern reactor and 1,5 million for the fuel. Shortly afterwards announced a second British shipyard also to start with building a nuclear tanker.(1)

Note
1. Not realized.