SOME NEW BRITISH LINERS RECENTLY BUILT, OR BUILDING, AND SAILING FROM THE THREE GREAT ENGLISH PORTS—SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON, AND Though the shipping world has been a period named Bismarck. Another German-built vessel is the Homeric, and, the first Commodore of the White Star Line. Both vessels have cf acute depression and few ships have been built compared with though not nearly SO large as the 56,000-ton Majestic, »he is been constructed under the direct supervision of British officials, and pre-war days, there are nevertheless some very largo and important remarkable for her two giant propellers. This vessel has a displace- have had built into them hundreds of new and important details which liners building (or just completed) for British steamship owners. stent of 35,000 tons, and she it thus the largest twin-screw boat IT will add to their seaworthiness, safety, speed, and comfort. The Southampton.—The great White Star boat Majestic is completing!. the world and sixth in point of tonnage. The Majestic, it is interest- 19,000-ton Union-Castle liner Arundel Castle is another ship full of at Hamburg and is one of the new German boats to be Handed over ing. to note, will be commanded when she start! oh her first trip on interest; together with her sister, now building, they are magnificent to US under the terms o? the Treaty of Versailles. It was originally May 10 by Sir Bertram Hayes, D.5.0., who has just been appointed examples of the art of the British naval architect and constructor. — From "The Sphere named Bismarck. Another German-built vessel is the Homeric, and, though not nearly so large as the 56,000-ton Majestic, ahe is remarkable for her two giant propellers. This vessel has a displacement of 35,000 tons, and ahe it thus the largest twin-screw boat in the world and sixth in point of tonnage. The Majestic, it is interest-Ins to note, will be commanded when ahe starts on her first trip on May 10 by Sir Bertram Hayes, D.5.0., who has just been appointed the first Commodore of the White Star Line. Both vessels have been constructed under the direct supervision of British officials, and have had built into them hundreds of new and important details which will add to their seaworthiness, safety, speed, and comfort. The 19,000-ton Union-Castle liner Arundel Castle is anot'ner ship full of interest; together with her sister, now building, they are magnificent examples of the art of the British naval architect and constructor. —From "The Sphere

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 72, 25 March 1922, Page 17

SOME NEW BRITISH LINERS RECENTLY BUILT, OR BUILDING, AND SAILING FROM THE THREE GREAT ENGLISH PORTS—SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON, AND

Though the shipping world has been a period named Bismarck. Another German-built vessel is the Homeric, and, the first Commodore of the White Star Line. Both vessels have cf acute depression and few ships have been built compared with though not nearly SO large as the 56,000-ton Majestic, »he is been constructed under the direct supervision of British officials, and pre-war days, there are nevertheless some very largo and important remarkable for her two giant propellers. This vessel has a displace- have had built into them hundreds of new and important details which liners building (or just completed) for British steamship owners. stent of 35,000 tons, and she it thus the largest twin-screw boat IT will add to their seaworthiness, safety, speed, and comfort. The Southampton.— The great White Star boat Majestic is completing!. the world and sixth in point of tonnage. The Majestic, it is interest- 19,000-ton Union-Castle liner Arundel Castle is another ship full of at Hamburg and is one of the new German boats to be Handed over ing. to note, will be commanded when she start! oh her first trip on interest; together with her sister, now building, they are magnificent to US under the terms o? the Treaty of Versailles. It was originally May 10 by Sir Bertram Hayes, D.5.0., who has just been appointed examples of the art of the British naval architect and constructor. — From "The Sphere

named Bismarck. Another German-built vessel is the Homeric, and, though not nearly so large as the 56,000-ton Majestic, ahe is remarkable for her two giant propellers. This vessel has a displacement of 35,000 tons, and ahe it thus the largest twin-screw boat in the world and sixth in point of tonnage. The Majestic, it is interestIns to note, will be commanded when ahe starts on her first trip on May 10 by Sir Bertram Hayes, D.5.0., who has just been appointed

the first Commodore of the White Star Line. Both vessels have been constructed under the direct supervision of British officials, and have had built into them hundreds of new and important details which will add to their seaworthiness, safety, speed, and comfort. The 19,000-ton Union-Castle liner Arundel Castle is anot'ner ship full of interest; together with her sister, now building, they are magnificent examples of the art of the British naval architect and constructor. —From "The Sphere