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THE explanatory statement by the First Lord of the Admiralty, which was presented with the Navy Estimates for 1935 to the House of Commons on March 6, contained the interesting information that it has been decided to construct a magnetic survey vessel. A first instalment of £10,023 towards the construction of this vessel has been included in this year's estimates. The unfortunate destruction by explosion and fire of the Carnegie on November 29, 1929, while in harbour at Apia, Western Samoa, brought the valuable work which had been carried on by this vessel to a sudden conclusion. Constructed for, and maintained by, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, she had in six cruises between 1909 and 1921 traversed 252,702 nautical miles in 3,267 days actually at sea. Of the seventh cruise of 110,000 nautical miles, nearly one half had been completed upon the arrival of the Carnegie at Apia; this cruise was planned particularly with the view of determining magnetic secular variation.
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A British Magnetic Survey Vessel. Nature 135, 422 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135422c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135422c0