A Comparison of Sizes.-This diagram Rives an idea of the enormous dimensions of the new giant passenger vessel belonging to the Cunard Line, compared with the Government Buildings. Wellington. The liner, which will be Placed on the New York-South ampton service, dwarfs by its great size, this, imposing building. The liner, being built by John Brown & Co., Ltd., of Clydebank, has a gross tonnage of 73,000, a length 1018 feet, and a width of 110 feet. The height from the keel to the boat-deck is 110 feet, and her funnels are 60 feet high and 40 feet wide-giving a total height from keel to top of funnels of 170 feet. Her passenger accommodation will include an arcade of shops, and garage accommodation for passengers' motor-cars. Her speed will exceed 32 knots. The River Clyde will have to be widened and deepened, at a cost of £79,000, to enable the vessel to be safely launched, and additional dry-dock accommodation is being arranged for at Southampton.

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 199, 20 May 1931, Page 7

A Comparison of Sizes.-This diagram Rives an idea of the enormous dimensions of the new giant passenger vessel belonging to the Cunard Line, compared with the Government Buildings. Wellington. The liner, which will be Placed on the New York-South ampton service, dwarfs by its great size, this, imposing building. The liner, being built by John Brown & Co., Ltd., of Clydebank, has a gross tonnage of 7 3,000, a length 1018 feet, and a width of 110 feet. The height from the keel to the boat-deck is 110 feet, and her funnels are 60 feet high and 40 feet wide-giving a total height from keel to top of funnels of 170 feet. Her passenger accommodation will include an arcade of shops, and garage accommodation for passengers' motor-cars. Her speed will exceed 32 knots. The River Clyde will have to be widened and deepened, at a cost of £79,000, to enable the vessel to be safely launched, and additional dry-dock accommodation is being arranged for at Southampton.