The Holland-American Line is tlio latest o[ the North Atlantic companies to order ;v leviathan. This Dutch company was considered very courageous when it built its magnificent steamer Kotterdam, of 2-1,000 tons. Now it is going a step farther, and is ordering ftom Messrs. Harhmd and \\'o\i[ a triple-screw passenger steamer of 1)2,500 tons, capable iif accommodating a total of .'ItiOO passengers. The new liner will lie 710 feet long, and her beam Kli feet. She will have a speed of 17 knots, so thai in this regard she will marl; no advance. In oilier respect-, however, it is ccrtajn that she will be a strikini sliij).
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1359, 9 February 1912, Page 6
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107Untitled Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1359, 9 February 1912, Page 6
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