| Year | 1938 |
| Date | 03-Feb |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1,917 |
| Page | 106 |
| Category | Nautical |
| Part | |
| Title | Torpedo Boats and Destroyers: Their Origin and Development |
| Author | John E. Thornycroft |
| Notes | Presidential Address Abstract, Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Economy of geared steam turbines, 40,000 h.p. destroyers and superheaters, comparison between steam and internal combustion engines, development of coastal motor boats, pioneers of fast torpedo craft, inception and design of the skimming hull, limitations of principle of skimming hull, value of simplification |