ATLANTIC RACE
A FRENCH COMPETITOR
(United Press association—By Electric xelegra pli— Copyright) PARIS, 17tli January. France is entering the Atlantic race with the world’s largest and fastest electrically propelled passenger liner, an order for which was placed with the St. Nazaire shipyards for delivery in the spring of 1934.' The vessel will he 1000 feet long, and will have a speed of 30 knots. Four propellors will be driven by electric motors developing 100,000 liorse-power.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 19 January 1931, Page 5
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75ATLANTIC RACE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 19 January 1931, Page 5
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