Italy’s 50,000-ton Luxury Liner
WILL STEAM 27 KNOTS. United Press Association.—-By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m. ROME, Aug. 2. Italy’s 50,000 ton luxury liner Rex was launched in the presence cf the King and Queen at Genoa. It is predicted she will make the journey from Naples to New Yorfc in seven days, or three below the record. She is built with yacht-like lines and freely gyroscoped to prevent rolling and pitching. She is designed ter steam 27 knots.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6618, 3 August 1931, Page 7
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