AN ATLANTIC SERVICE
It is now over ninety-six years since a regular steamship communication was inaugurated between Europe and America. This: was first established by the Cunard s.s. Britannia in July, 1840, which crossed from Liverpool to Boston, via Halifax, ii* 14 1-3 days. She was equipped with: steam engines driving paddle wheels, and her average speed was 8£ knots. Since then, the speed of the steamers has increased uniformly up to the present when it is 30 knots. The tonnage of the Britannia was 1154 and her length was; 207 feet. The tonnage of the Queen Mary is 80,773 and her length .1020 feet. When it is realised that the former ship was equipped with engines barely equal to the power equipment of a modern trawler, our respect for the pioneers in sea transport is greatly increased. The horse-power of the Queen Mary is nearly 200,000 whilst-that-pt-the_Bri-tannia,-was-,74o^:'r— "-^ "*-" ~""~>*
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 16
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148AN ATLANTIC SERVICE Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 16
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