WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIP.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 17 August 1910, Page 3

WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIP.

Til !•: KA I.SKK 'S IXT Ell KST. On his way to the Kiel Kegntta (kivs t,he "Daily Telegraph") the Kaiser stopped at Hamburg to take luncheon with Heir Ballin. of the Hamburg-American line, aud to acquaint h'imself with the d 'tails of the monstor steamship which the company is building for its Xew York p.issvnger trade. h>v means of specially-prepared pictures, shown by the aid of electric-light, lli s Imperial Muje ty was enabled to form an excellent idea of the size and character of the leviathan, winch' is to exreed in dimensions any steamer now .building or in definite contemplation. In point of fact, the new vessel is to be of more than 45,000 tons gross register, actually somewhat exceeding the •.egisfer of the Olympic and the Titanic, which Mcs vi Harland and Wolff are now constructing for the "White Star line. Thv Canard Company, as is well known, have it in view to build a liner of 40.000 or i.70,CC0 'tons; but their plans are not as yet matured. Consequently, having assured themselves that their vessel will be of rather greater ize than the White Star liners, the Ham-burg-American Company appears to be entitled to claim that it is constructing the biggest ship in the world. The Olympic has reached such a stage that she is to !.«.> blanched in October next. The Titanic is also in a forward condition. Siome conception of the i.'izo of the new German liner ma.v be formed from t L'e details, now for the first time made available. The following pnrtienlais respecting the vessel are furnished:—■ Length, S7f).?, feet. Breadth. 9.7.2 ft. Depth from upper deck, Gift. To indicate the advance which 1 these figures represent, as compared with the largest existing sh'ips, the •followin.fr detail,' relating to' the "Lusitania and the ALiurel an ia may be (riven:— Length, JC}2 feet. ■Breadth. ST.Sft. Depth, 656 ft. The Ciiu.-irder s are of just under 32,000 tons register. The new Ham-burg-American liner will be. it is officially stated, "over 47,J00 tons.'-' Then, as to speed, the dinarders can do 2:j or 2G knots. It is announced that tl/e German steamer wi.'l. like them, be propelled exclusively by turbine-. As a minimum sneed of no more than 22 knot s is to'be assured, it looks a s if no attempt is to be made to compete with the Cunard in swiftness. "Tt mav be added that, as the new White Star steamers are to have a working speed of about 21 knot-, the German' leviathan will slightly excel them alike in size and speed.