ATLANTIC SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19454, 13 October 1937, Page 5

ATLANTIC SHIPPING

NEW BRITISH SHIPS QUEEN MARY'S SISTER SAME SPEED PLANNED (British Official Wireless.) Rec. 12 noon. RUGBY, Oct. 12. Sir Percy Bates, chairman of the Cunard-White star Line, on his return to Southampton from America, said that the line will celebrate its centenary in 1940 by bringing out Queen Mary's sister ship. Before that, another vessel, at present known as No. 1029, under construction on the Mersey, would join in an intermediate service operating on the London-Havre-Southampton-New York service. This vessel has been given sufficient speed, averaging 22 knots throughout the Atlantic crossing, to render it possible for her at a later stage to fill the overhaul gaps of the Queen Mary and her sister ship in the express service. He said that although the new mammoth liner would be about the same size as the Mary, she would have minor alterations. Under water, the body of the ship will be of similar dimensions, and the speed would be about the same, for the Queen Mary had proved her ability to do all they needed in that direction. On her last voyage the Queen Mary left Southampton 11 hours late owing to fog, but arrived at New York at the usual time. Her reserve of speed enabled her to do so, and that was why they had a margin of power in ships of this class. The reserve power was not for record breaking, but they would readily use it and burn extra fuel to maintain time-tables.