LABGLST SHIP IN THE WORLD.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 28, 1 August 1907, Page 2

LABGLST SHIP IN THE WORLD.

NEW OUNARDEIt WONDERS OF THE LUSITANIA. The great Cuuard liner, •which our cables told us on Wednesday hnd in her steam trial attained a. speed of over 25 knots, is the largest ship in the world, her dinien- - l o°cn^ eing: ~:Lon~ :Lon 8 th ' 785 f t. gross tonnage 52,500, speed 25 knots, planned like a land buuding, staterooms 10-if't high, 5000 electric lamps, 1200 windows, -windows liko those of a house, brass tedsteads, beds wanned by electricity, Sheraton furniture, lurkish, vapour, and medicated baths, lifts, gymnasium, and nursery ; third-class accommodation equal to first class of a. few years ago. The vessel is 785 ft long, with a gross tannage of 32,500, and is fitted with turbine engines. The Daily Mail says that recent experiences with turbine-propelled boats have led to the belicl that the strain upon ihe fonr propellers of the Lusit&niai Mill prove a very serious matter Avhen the ship is forced at twenty-five knots an ho\u* through the water. 'The action of the turbines will tend to keep this huge bulk down in the Water, thus preventing pitching but putting at the f=nm<! time an immfensa strces <m the propellers. To safeguard against mishap to the latter waa a problejn that worried the engineers. They hoped to overcome it by altering the jiitdh of the propellors. As" to th 6 passenger accommodation, it is on the most lavish scale Fof~the fiist-class passengers nothing his been spared. Each gets 50 per eenfc. -more room than in tho older boats. They clh ehoe-sft between dining a la eartc- in a lovely white fend gold. Empire salort or table d'hote in a staider mahogany dinthgroom. Everything has been designed to' look ok lltt'lo like <t ship and as much like the Carlton or the Rita as possible. The Bt'cpUces will, except in bad weather, be quite open and cheerful hearths. Tho windows ur« shaped and cuitained as in a private house. I.ifU: will take the passengers from one deck to aftother. The passenger will not even be asked to tnkfc a lift. He con cnll up /Central" on the telephone and be switched on to i the purser or the briber, the wine merchant or the neweipaper Bhop. In the event of a robbery in his cabin ot \ti the caxdrooni he can even call up the chief of police, and having attended the court held by the captain can see the offendsr comlEdtted to the colls. . , For the millionaires the state rooms are as beautiful as the fekil] of th 6 first decorators in the world could make them. In the Regal rooms, &c they ar» called, there are two bedrooms, a diningrobm, reception foom, and bathroom, just such » suite as would be found at Clnridge's. The rooms are all 104 ft hio;h and furnished in land fashion. The bedsteads ore of brass, without a suggestion of the bunk about them. The brcoaded settees under the window* might be window-seats in Park-lane. The tfalls arc hung with delicate papers*, and the drecsihg-tabl«fc are in Sheraton style. All washing arrangements in Ihe thirtyfix state rooms on the Imsitana- ate conoealed in small dressing rooms, opening out of tho bedroom*. Every device will be found in these rooms tending to comfort. Even tho frlieetb ' .ac to «be warmed with electric bed<-wannere. The bathrooms include Turkish and v'apottr baths, needle batlir, and Several 1-inds of medicated baths. TheWs is a -nursery fo* children and a gymnasium for athletes. Ihft 16-«nge is lined "v Mh satimvood. Aflfcht the Lusitattia will show light* fiom 1200 windows. At least 5000 electric lamps will light her rooms and corridors. Htr population will number 3150, Ot whom 800 will compose tho ciew. She will have accommodation for 550 first-Class pas-encters, 500 second-clars, and laOU thiid-clnss.