MONSTER LINER.
NEW GERMAN LEVIATHAN. By Tekffraph-PreßS Association-Copyright. Berlin, May 23. The- Kaiser attended tho launching of the Hnmburg-Amerika Company's huge liner linperator at llnmljui-g-. During the ceremony ;i block of wood fell near him. The Imperator is tho first of two .50,000 ton ships which tho Hamburg-American Company is building lor tho Atlantic trade. Tho tonnage/ of the Titanic-was 45,000 toils, or Mflli tons less than tlicso monsters. The Munretania. and Lusitanifi, in their turn, arc about 12,000 less tonnage than tho White Star monster. In length the lmperatov and its new sis-ter-ship will be- greater than the "White Star ships by about 30 fset, and in breadth three feet. The Imperator is to bo about a knot speedier, with a horsepower of between 70,000 and 80,000, as compared with tho 40,000 to 45,000 h.p. of the Olympic and Titanic. Tho two nevj Cunanlers aro expected to eclipse the German boats.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1449, 25 May 1912, Page 5
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152MONSTER LINER. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1449, 25 May 1912, Page 5
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