RECORD ATLANTIC TRIP

Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1929, Page 9

RECORD ATLANTIC TRIP

'I s BREMEN NOW HOLDS TITLE ! MAURETANIA’S TIME BEATEN MAMMOTH LINER’S SUCCESS By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian. Press Association. Received July 23, 7.30 p.m, •Sun Cable. New York, July 22. 1 Arriving at New York at three o’clock 1 this afternoon, the German liner Bremen crossed the Atlantic in faster time than any other commercial vessel. ’ The new German queen of the seas has wrested the record which Britain has held for 22 years with the Mauretania’s wonderful performances. The Bremen’s time was four .days, IS hours 15 minutes, beating the Mauretania’s record by eight hours 17 minutes. The North German Lloyd Company’s new liner Bremen started from Bremerhaven on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic on July 16. She had 1800 passengers. The directors of the company said there was no intention of attacking the Mauretania’s record on the ’first voyage of the Bremen.

The Cunard liner Mauretania on July 19, 1928, completed the trip from Cherbourg to New York in 4 days 23 hours 33 minutes. On that voyage in one period. of 25 hours she made 663 miles, which was 11 miles over the record. The previous record for the CherbourgNew York passage was created by the Mauretania in August, 1924, namely, 0 days 1 hour 45 minutes. The vesselalso held the world’s record for the double journey, Plymouth to New York. On July 6, 1928, she completed the return trip in 12£ days. The time usually taken Is 17 or 18 days. On several occasions the Mauretania has crossed the Atlantic at an average speed only about half a knot lower than her record. In one season since the war, on 27 consecutive runs in all kinds of weather, her average speed across the Atlantic was 25 J- knots, which had never Been approached by any other ship. Her best voyage from Queenstown to New York was when she cross- ■ ed, in 4 days Id hours 41 minutes. The Bremen is the largest vessel built m Germany since 1914. She is a vessel of 46,000 tons and is expected to have a speed of 2GJ knots. She has accommodation for over 3000 passengers. The - intention of the North. German Lloyd Company is that the Bremen and her sister ship, the Europa—now under reconstruction after the fire which oc-. curred on her at Hamburg some months ago together with the Columbus, of 32.000 tons, shall maintain a weekly service between Bremerhaven, the Channel ports and New York. The distance between Bremerhaven and Southampton is about 444 miles, so that on each round voyage the German ships will need to steam about • SOO miles more than the British liners based on Southampton. The Bremen, is said to be the last word in luxury travelling, the most famous German artists having been at work on the internal decorations of the ship's passenger cabins, saloons, restaurants, etc. She has extensive sport, gymnastic and sun decks, magnificent swimming pools and an elaborate plant for medicinal baths. A novel feature is a restaurant in which passengers <who pay a reduced fare for the trip may choose their own meals.