THE LARGEST BRITISH-BUILT SHIP.
The Belfast correspondent of the Daily News writes: —A striking indication of the keen competition amongst the great shipping companies is lortiicoming in the announcement that the White Star Line have ordered from
Messrs Harland and Wolff, of Behast, a vessel which will be the largest British-built ship in the world. The giant liner is to measure 882 ft. bin. over all, with a beam cf 93ft. G;a., and a gross tonnage of 47,000. Sm will thus be a foot broader and 2000 tons heavier than the Olympic and Titanic. The new liner, which will be propelled by the now familiar combination of reciprocating engines with a low-pressure turbine, will be remarkable for its first-class passenger accommodation. During the next two and a half years a small army of men will be engaged in building and fitting out the great liner, which will cost about £1,500,000. One-third of this sum will ho spent in wages.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3, 30 April 1912, Page 6
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159THE LARGEST BRITISH-BUILT SHIP. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3, 30 April 1912, Page 6
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