GIANT LINER'S SPEED.
AVERAGE OF 32J KNOTS.
LONDON, November 15,
When the giant Cunard liner Queen Mary is completed she will have a margin of four knots over the fastest transatlantic liner now in service. The Queen Mary is scheduled to cover the distance between New York in 90 hours, and to maintain an average speed of 32J knots. The fastest Atlantic crossing recorded is that of the Italian liner Rex, which crossed from Gibraltar to New York in 1933 at an average speed of 28.92 knots. Recent fast passages on the North Atlantic have been: — *1909—Mauretania 4dloh4lm t1929 —Bremen 4d 18h 17m J1929 —Mauretania 4d 17h 49m fl932— Europa 4d 15h 5Gm fl933—Bremen 4d 17h 43m *From Queenstown (Ireland). fFrom Cherbourg (France). JFrom Plymouth.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 276, 21 November 1934, Page 7
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125GIANT LINER'S SPEED. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 276, 21 November 1934, Page 7
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