Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1895 — Coaling on the Run at Sea. [ARTICLE]

Coaling on the Run at Sea.

A remarkable experiment of a system of coaling at sea was recently made by the French battleship Richelieu. By a novel system of transfer with a collier alongside she took In, while running at the speed of six and a half knots, about 100 tons of coal in three hours.