NEW AUSTRALIAN LINER.
ARRIVAL OP THE THEMISTOCLES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrieht (Rec. March 28, 10.30 p.m.) Melbourne, March. 28. The new Aberdeen liner Themistocles, a fine, up-to-dato vessel, 516 feet in length, nnd 62 feet in breadth, with a. displace-, ment of 12,000 tons, has arrived. She brings (sic) 878 passengers. The Themistocles is the first of two vessels of 12,000 tons gross which Messrs. Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, are building for the Aberdeen Line. Tho vessels wero to be. fitted to carry 100 fijst-class passengers and 250 third-class. Botli ships were to have twin screws, and were to be fitted with wireless telegraph and submarine signalling apparatus. The Aberdeen lino runs its service to London via South Africa.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1088, 29 March 1911, Page 7
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119NEW AUSTRALIAN LINER. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1088, 29 March 1911, Page 7
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