ATLANTIC CROSSING
AQUITANIA’S FINE STEAMING British Official Wireless (Received May 5, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, May 4. The liner Aqultanla, which reached Southampton this afternoon from New York, completed her best steaming performance fa her 23 years’ career. She crossed the Atlantic between Ambrose Channel light vessel and Cherbourg breakwater '3199 nautical miles) in 5 days 8 hours 27 minutes, at an average speed of 24.87 knots. The Aquitania’s previous best average was 24.82 knots accomplished in 1936, after she had been fitted with four new propellers.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20720, 6 May 1937, Page 7
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86ATLANTIC CROSSING Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20720, 6 May 1937, Page 7
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