WORLD'S LARGEST.
MODERN MERCHANT SHIPS, j QUEEN" ELIZABETH TOPS LIST I I There lias l»eon nmrh private diseuv j 'ion recently concerning some of the I world's larfje-t merchant diips. Here i is a list of ships with a gross tonnage ! exceeding 25.000:— Gros* , , _ tnnnare knots Quern hlizabcih (Britidi) . R."..00(i Normau>lie I Kronrlii .... SCI 4*V! * T si Queen Mnrv (British* ! Sl!2:?r. *»s Hrraion (i;<-niiani ... ."".l 7'si (Italian) r.l oi:-> "5 Kuropa (Cerinan) 4!h74K -ja Conte do Kavoio (Italian) 4S r.02 Aqili'ania (British) 4.1.647 23 lie do Fran c (Frcnclii 43*450 *»3 Kmp. of Britain (British) 42.34* i»4 Niomv Amsterdam (Dutch) ::r. 2H7 ~>ol Mauretania (British) ... 35.730 IJoma (Italian t 30. sir 21 ' Augustus (Italian) 3041s Pasteur (French) ;;o 000 n'r Statendain (Hutch) 25.201 ]S t'hamplain (Fr»nrh) .... i*v i-vj 15; Stockholm (Swedish) "JsYioo \R '■eorßic (Brit isli 1 27 759 "is «'ap Areona (Cerman) 27.5(51 •_•(> Holiert I.CV ((iermani 27.25S NH_ Homln. Monarch (British) 27 155 "i Capetown <aMle (British I 27 OOt) I<U Britannic (I'.riti.-hi 2G.SH3 IS Finpress of .lapnn (British) 2't.<i32 22 Andes (British) 25 t»S!i \ u \thlom- ('a-lle ( British t -jr." .-,c.4 is Stirling Castle (Krijishi -_T,..V,ii is \\ iliiclm liUMlolT ((■crmuu) l.'.j • N.K. means tliat the speed j s not available. I Of the shins named al««\e. the Queen I Elizabeth. Dominion Monarch and An Jo, ; were built last year, and the Normanl : ». j Mauretania. Stockholm and Robert Ley in 1935. The oldest is the Aquitania. I built in 1914.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 102, 1 May 1940, Page 6
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241WORLD'S LARGEST. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 102, 1 May 1940, Page 6
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