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SHIP

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Table XII.—Showing Dimensions, &c., of Famous Atlantic Liners, 18191910.
Name of Ship.Owners.When
Built
Where
Built
Mat-
erial
LengthBreadthDepthDisplace-
ment.
Gross
Tonnage
SpeedHow Propelled.Steam
Pressure
persq.in.
Indicated
Horse-
Power
Feet.Feet.Feet.Tons.Knts.Lb.
SavannahColonel Stevens1819New YorkWood1302616.5 1,850320 6Paddles1090
Royal WilliamCity of Dublin Co.1838Liverpool ,,1452717.5 1,980720 7.5 ,,  5400
SiriusBrit. & Amer. St. Nav. Co.1838Leith ,,17825.518.25 1,995703 8.5 ,, 15600
Great WesternGreat Western S. S. Co.,1838Bristol ,,21235.323.2 2,300 1,340 8.5 ,, 15750
British QueenBrit. & Amer. St. Nav. Co.1839London ,,27537.527.0 2,970 1,863 8 ,, 15700
Britannia,Cunard1840Greenock ,,20734.522.5 2,050 1,150 8.5 ,, 12740
Great BritainGreat Western1843BristolIron27448.231.5 5,780 3,27011Single Screw 25 1,500
America.Cunard1848GreenockWood2513825.3 4,250 1,82510.25Paddles 13 1,400
AsiaCunard1850 ,, ,,2684524 3,620 2,22712 ,, 15 2,000
ArcticCollins1350New York ,,2824531.5 6,200 2,86012.5 ,, 17 2,000
PersiaCunard1856GlasgowIron3604529,9 7,130 3,30012.5 ,, 20 3,600
AdriaticCollins1857New YorkWood3555035.0 7,564 3,67013.5 ,, 25 4,000
Great EasternGreat Eastern S.S. Co.1858MillwallIron68082.848.232,16018,91513S. Screw and Paddles 3011,000
ScotiaCunard1862Glasgow ,,37947.830.5 7,600 3,87113.5Paddles 25 4,000
City of ParisInman1866 ,, ,,34640.426.2 6,411 2,65113.5Single Screw 30 2,600
RussiaCunard1867 ,, ,,3584328.8 6,770 2,95913.5  ,,    ,, 25 2,500
City of BrusselsInman1869 ,, ,,39040.327.1 6,900 3,08114.5  ,,    ,, 30 3,000
OceanicWhite Star1871Belfast ,,4204131 7,240 3,70714.75  ,,    ,, 65 3,000
City of RichmondInman1874Glasgow ,,44143.534 9,320 4,62315  ,,    ,, 70 4,000
BritannicWhite Star1874Belfast ,,45545.233.7 9,600 5,00016  ,,    ,, 75 5,100
City of BerlinInman,1875Greenock ,,488.544.23510,100 5,49116  ,,    ,, 75 5,200
Arizona,Guion1879Glasgow ,,450.245.435.7 9,900 5,14716.25  ,,    ,, 90 6,300
ServiaCunard1881 ,,Steel51552.137.912,500 7,39216.5  ,,    ,, 9912,000
City of RomeInman1881BarrowIron560.252.33713,500 8,14417.5  ,,    ,, 9011,500
AlaskaGuion1881Glasgow ,,5005038 9,500 7,14217.75  ,,    ,,10011,000
Notting-HillNotting-Hill S. S. Co.1881 ,,Steel42045.126.5 6,210 3,92012Twin Screw100 2,800
AuraniaCunard1882 ,, ,,47057.237.313,360 7,20917Single Screw 90 8,500
OregonGuion and Cunard1883 ,,Iron50154,24012,500 7,37519  ,,    ,,11013,000
AmericaNational1884 ,,Steel43251.338.6 9,550 5,52818.75  ,,    ,, 95 8,300
EtruriaCunard1885 ,, ,,50157.338.213,300 8,12019.5  ,,    ,,11014,500
AllerNorth German Lloyd1886 ,, ,,4384834.610,460 5,40016.5  ,,    ,,150 8,200
City of Paris (second of
name)
Inman1889 ,, ,,527.663.259.217,65010,67021Twin Screw15018,500
TeutonicWhite Star,1889Belfast ,,56657.839.216,740 9,93420  ,,    ,,18017,500
Fürst BismarckHamburg-American1890Stettin ,,502.657.63815,200 8,87419.5  ,,    ,,16017,000
CampaniaCunard1893Glasgow ,,598654321,00012,95022  ,,    ,,16530,000
St LouisAmerican1895Philadelphia ,,535.7634216,00011,63021  ,,    ,,20020,500
Kaiser Wilhelm der GrosseNorth German Lloyd1897Stettin ,,625664323,76014,35023  ,,    ,,17832,000
Kaiser Friedrich.North German Lloyd1808Danzig ,,584644120,10012,00021.5  ,,    ,,22627,000
Oceanic (second of name)White Star1899Belfast ,,6856844.526,10017,27421.5  ,,    ,,19229,000
Deutschland
(second of name)
Hamburg-American1899Stettin ,,66665.545.524,40014,50023.25  ,,    ,,22536,000
Kronprinz WilhelmNorth German Lloyd1901 ,, ,,637.366.339.322,30014,90823.47  ,,    ,,21335,000
CelticWhite Star1901Belfast ,,680.975.344.137,90020,90417.0  ,,    ,,21013,000
Kaiser Wilhelm IINorth German Lloyd1902Stettin ,,684.372.540.226,00019,36123.71  ,,    ,,21342,000
FinlandRed Star1902Philadelphia ,,560.060.238.4..12,18516.0  ,,    ,,17010,000
CedricWhite Star1903Belfast ,,680.975.344.138,00021,03516.0  ,,    ,,21015,000
BalticWhite Star1904 ,, ,,709.275.652,640,70023,87616.0  ,,    ,,21013,000
Kaiserin Auguste VictoriaHamburg-American1905Stettin ,,677.577.350.243,00024,58117.5  ,,    ,,21316,700
La ProvenceCie Générale Trans-
atlantique
1905St Nazaire ,,602.365.038,319,16013,75322.0  ,,    ,,19830,000
CarmaniaCunard1905Glasgow ,,650.472.24031,00019,52420.0Parsons Turbines
3 Screws
19521,100
CaroniaCunard1905 ,, ,,650.072.240.231,00019,68719.0Twin Screw21021,000
AmerikaHamburg-American1905Belfast ,,669.074.347.842,00022,62217.5  ,,    ,,21015,800
Kronprinzessin CecilieNorth German Lloyd1906Stettin ,,685.472.240.527,00019,50323,58  ,,    ,,21345,000
Nieuw AmsterdamHolland Amerika1906Belfast ,,690.368.935.631,00016,96716.0  ,,    ,,21510,000
AdriaticWhite Star1906Belfast ,,709.275.552.640,80024,54118.0  ,,    ,,21016,000
MauretaniaCunard1907Newcastle ,,762188.057.142,00031,93826.06Parsons Turbines
4 Screws
19570,000
LusitaniaCunard1907Glasgow ,,762.287.856.642,00031,55025.8519570,000
RotterdamHolland Amerika1908Belfast ,,650.577.443.537,20024,14917.0Twin Screw21515,000
LaplandRed Star1908 ,, ,,605.870.437.430,50017,54017.5  ,,    ,,..13,000
George WashingtonNorth German Lloyd1908Stettin ,,699.178.250.137,00025,57019.0  ,,    ,,21320,000
MinnewaskaAtlantic Transport Co.1909Belfast ,,600.365.439.626,53014,31716.0  ,,    ,,21411,000
TitanicWhite Star1910 ,, ,,850.092.564.552,30043,50021.0Combination of Par-
sons Turbines and
Reciprocating En-
gines, 3 Screws
21550,000
OlympicWhite Star.. ,, ,,850.092.564.557,30043,50021.021550,000

The Hamburg-American Company followed a similar course to the White Scar Line and added two large vessels of 171/2 knots speed—the “Amerika” of 22,622 tons gross, built by Messrs Harland & Wolff, and the “Kaiserin Auguste Victoria” (fig. 32, Plate VlI.), of 2,581 tons gross, built at Stettin. The largest German vessel afloat in 1910 was the “George Washington,” built in 1908 at Stettin for the North German Lloyd.

The Hamburg-American Company ordered in 1910 two vessels, not only much larger than the “George Washington,” but exceeding even the “Olympic” in dimensions. They were said to be over 900 ft. long over all, 94 to 95 ft. beam, 20,000 tons gross greater tonnage than the “George Washington,” 13,000 tons more than “Mauretania” and 2000 tons more than “Titanic” and “Olympic”; turbines of 60,000 to 70,000 H.P. being provided to maintain a speed of 22 knots across the Atlantic. The Cunard Company ordered in Dec. 1910 a 50,000-ton turbine-driven ship from John Brown & Co., to steam at 23 knots on service.

The “Minnewaska” of the Atlantic Transport Company is typical of vessels on the Atlantic route carrying a large cargo together with a limited number of passengers of one class. Three hundred and twenty-six first-class passengers are carried and provided with excellent accommodation. When fully loaded the displacement is over 26,000 tons and the speed 16 knots; the horse-power required being only a sixth that of the fast Cunarders. To large numbers of passengers the additional period on the voyage is no disadvantage, while the transport of a large cargo at the relatively high speed of 16 knots is a great advantage.

Canadian Liners.—With the increasing trade between Europe and Canada the direct Canadian liners increased in numbers and importance, and now bear favourable comparison with the great liners running between Europe and the United States. The “Victorian” and “Virginian” of the Allan line, built in 1904 and 1905 and plying between Liverpool and Montreal, were the first ocean liners to be fitted with Parsons turbines; they are 520 ft. long, 60 ft. 5 in. beam, 38 ft. moulded depth and 10,629 tons gross; and they can carry 1500 passengers and a large cargo at a speed of 17 knots. They were followed in 1906 by the “Empress of Britain” and “Empress of Ireland,” built by the Fairfield Company for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company; they are 570 ft. long over all, 549 ft. between perpendiculars, 65 ft. 6 in. beam, 36 ft. 8 in. depth moulded, tonnage 14,189 gross tons, displacement 20,000 tons at 28 ft. draught; quadruple-expansion engines of 18,000 I.H.P. are fitted and a speed of over 20 knots was obtained on trial. Excellent accommodation is provided for 1580 passengers; and a considerable quantity of meat can be carried in insulated holds provided with refrigerating arrangements, besides a large general cargo, a total of 6500 tons

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