MAMMOTH STEAMERS.
■ ''. • :- : v LONGER THAN THE CUNARDERS, BUT 4 : OF LESS SPEED. BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Rec. April 23, > 11*26 p.m.) ! ' '..... London, April 23. The White Star Lino have ordered at. 13el-. fast- two steamers to have- a .speed ot. 21 knots. They will bo the ■ biggest in the world," being 40 feet longer than the- Lusitania.' ■ The Cunarders, Lusitania and Maurotania, are'about 790 ft. long, .or- nearly a sixth ,of. a mile. The two "new. White' Star, liners .'were referred to 'some months ago in a cablegram, which stated that they' were to'b6'"Sioft:"loiig i and of 40,000 tons.. The builders are to be Messrs. Harland and Wolff. The new steamers will bo somo. knots less in speed than the Cunarders; it is the. extra '-knots. that cost - the money.. • v i **
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 179, 24 April 1908, Page 7
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