LINER RECORD
ACROSS: THE ATLANTIC: ■ * ; (United .Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright}. - V ; , -, r ,,NEW YORK, August 8. The finer Qu.een Mary has claimed, a new record for the east, to, we3t passage across 'the Atlantic, after her commander radioed that the ship hajtt passed the Ambrosue light ship at 1:32 a.m., thus v : ;a run of hinetyrthree ..hours, .and forjty-eight minutes from Bislidp Rock, in the Scilly Isles, to vthe Light Ship. This tjsne is seventy-four minutes, better than ithe French liner Normandie’s record. V • . . , fe/
The Queen Mary averaged 30.9 knots per hour for the 2,907 mile trip. She also set a record for the distance covered 'in a single day by sthainitjg 790 miles from noon oh Friday to noon at Saturday. ‘ The French liner Normandie continues to hold the west to east record of ninety-four hours seven'minutes, although .this time does not equal that ’set"' up by the Queen Mary .On' the.' east,to west journey. . [
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1938, Page 5
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