THE LARGEST LINER
OLYMPIC SAILS FOR NEW YORK
lij Tslecraph-l'ress Assoclalioc-Oopyrleat London, June U. The new White Star liner Olympic, (lie largest vessel in (ho world, has sailed from ■SuuUininnton on her maiden voyage to New York. Tho advance made on (he giant Cunurders, the Lnsilaiiia and the Maurcta- ■ ilia, by the new White Star liner is shown by the following figures:— Olympic. Lusitania. J-cngtll 8-lOft 762.2 ft. Breadth 92ft. 87.8 ft. Wepth 62ft. SG.Gfr. (moss tonnage ... 45,000 31,550 Horse-power ... 45.000 to 50,000 70,000 The cost of the Olympic was £1,500,000 to .£2,n00.000. The Lnsitnuia cost about .£1,300,000.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1155, 16 June 1911, Page 5
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