The German training ship Herzogin Scphie Charlotte, of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, left Portland last December forth© English Channel with 400 cadets on board. Tire success of this undertaking has manifested itself in a striking manner, and the reports regarding the work done on board tend to prove that the Norddeutscher Lloyd is assuring for its future an efficient staff of officers. The examinations both in theory and practice are rigid, and demand- a previous education of a high order. On the tour from Philadelphia to Kobe, as well as from Kobe to the West Coast of America, the vessel proved herself to be a fast sailer. During several days fourteen knots per hour were run, and for seventeen consecutive days a speed of eleven knots was averaged. The Herzogin Sophie Charlotte will come t-o Australia on one of her next trips in order to initiate the cadets into the Australian system of dealing with shipping matters.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1514, 7 March 1901, Page 56
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