32 KNOTS ACROSS.
NEW YORK IN FOUR DAYS.
STRUGGLE FOR SPEED RECORD. (Special.—By Air Mail.) LONDON, April 13. iltliough great secrecy is maintained as to the speed of which the new Cimard-White Star liner Queen Mary will be ca]iable, it is understood that it will 1)0 able comfortably to maintain an average of 32 knots for the Atlantic crossing between Southampton, Cherbourg atfd New York. This should enable the vessel to regain easily the "Blue Riband" of the Atlantic for Britain.
Since the Mauretania lost her record of 20.5 knots after holding it for 22 years, it has passed in turn to German and Italian vessels. The record is now held by the Italian liner Eex with a speed of more than 2S knots.
Officials in possession of the confidential details of the Queen Mary's machinery are satisfied that she will be able to reach a speed of 34 knots if extended, for it is certain that she will exceed her designed speed by a considerable margin. The Queen Mary's single-reduction turbines will develop between 100,000 and 180,000 h.p., and her designed speed will enable her to complete the voyage from Southampton to New York hi four days.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 102, 2 May 1935, Page 5
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