THE BIGGEST STEAMER
BISMARCK. ONLY SLIGHTLY
DAMAGED,
(UNHBD^PaESa ASSOCIATION.—COPIIUGHT.)
LONDON, 6th October. Lloyd's representative reports that the) Si© on the Bismarck destroyed only one room, above the engine-room. [A report from Hamburg stated the, liner, which was being constructed for handing over to the Allies, had been destroyed. The Bismarck is, by a small margin, the biggest ship in the world. She is 912 feet long and 100 feet wide. and measures 56,000 tons. The "rnnner-
up" is the Leviathan, originally also a.
Hamburg-Aimerika liner, but taken over by the United States during th» war. x The Leviathan has been reported a failure in American hands, and not long ago was said to be lying aground:, andl not likely to bo usad again. Tho Bis J marck, which has four screws, driven by eight turbines, was under construction before the •war.]
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 86, 8 October 1920, Page 7
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