SPEED IN THE ANTARCTIC

Hokitika Guardian, 29 March 1930, Page 8

SPEED IN THE ANTARCTIC

'~ort.li. O'-, win" ’’" 1 r ) toy’s decision to carry out, in private the trie 1 of the new Europi, I id down rs a sister ship to the record-breaker Bremen, lias much significance, foi there is. no line with a better conception of publicity value 'b -n the North German Lloyd, and if they thr-'uv away ttie opportunity of a big spins a now it is taken to mean that they hav< a still bigger splash in view. The obvious suggestion is tint the Europe wit be still faster than tlie Bremen (says the “ Manchester Guardian”). Their hope would appear to be based on tolerably firm ground, for, successful as the HniKMi is, fjhe still remains an experiment in nnuiy features, both in hull and in machinery. Experiments arc nearlv always eapanic of improvement, and the fire .that broke out on board the Europa while she was being fitted out may well be of the greatest service. to her Owners. At first it was feared the whole ship would be 10-t. but reconstruction was found possible at considerable expense. In the meantime fbo Bremen bad scored her success, and the engineers and naval architects of the L! ■■'•d ! "w’ -c.-vi able to carry out careful observations concerning her behaviour, - ’’ ' there was

ample opportunity to work various min ir improvements into the Europa. Many people' will ask whotVr the record is really wortji all this trouble, but the experience’of 'ho North German Lloyd certainly suggests tnat i 1 is. When they first entered tlie re-ord-lireaking' class in 11.97 with the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosso they were quite a long way d'"\ " ' '>'« list ol *mssengttr carriers on lb-. X wth Atlanta'. They won the blue riband, and next your they carried 24 per, cent of the total number of ja Me Mgers landed in traim-Atlantic ports. The effect of the Bremen’s success, too, after niaUin; tlie record, appears to have lb ecu considerable.