WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIP.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13392, 28 May 1914, Page 6

WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIP.

BREAKS AWAY FROM TUGS. NEW YORK. MaY 28. The Hamburg-American liner Vaterland, the Uari-jest. ship* iii the world, has arrived m New York on her maiden voyage. The 'leviathan broke away from the tugs that were helping to berth he,r, and began to drift down the Hudson., helpless m the grip of the strong ebb tide that was running. , The big liner swung broadside across the river, and was earned- steadily down the stream. ." ' ■ . ; After sho bad drifted more than a mile, the. tugs succeeded m getting bold of the Vaterland again, and eventually the ship was- safoly berthed. VATER LAND'S MAIDEN VfIYAGE. '' ] Z BERLIN, May 24. The British preSs representatives whe are travelling by the Hamburg-Ameri-can liner Vitterlaiid on her maiden voyage, havo telegraphed to t'ho Kaiser, f elicit. ithvj him on the fact that .the biggest rttamship yet built flics ths German flag. * . '• . An .. Americ.-iu 'legislator. Senator Aldrich, who is tr-avc.llii.g by the Vaterland, lias s..nt a aa ireless message tc Paris, m \rl.*ieh he says : "I thought the Imperat or the latit word m luxiiry anci comfort, but the .Vaterland is the last gasp!"

The Vaterland is a vessel of £0,000 tons - ., and is tho largest"- ship m thf world. Sho carries 83 lifeboats, 70 of which ■may., bo launched v from either side of the loviathaii. V