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This steamer was built by Messrs. I. & G. Thomson, of Clydebank, and was designed to form a new departure in transatlantic communication. The National Steamship Company, of Liver pool, has long been known for its safe, but some what slow, freight-carrying vessels, which have often been selected by the British Government for the transport of troops. The Company, profiting by the results of its own experience and a study of that of rival lines, came to the conclusion that it is necessary to separate fast passenger transport from that of freight in ocean ships, very much as is now done on railways, and determined to try a class of vessels which should be able to steam through the water at a rate of 18 or 19 knots per hour continuously through a long voyage. The aim was to insure a maximum of commodious passenger space and of speed, with a minimum of coal expenditure and of port dues.
This steamer was built by Messrs. I. & G. Thomson, of Clydebank, and was designed to form a new departure in transatlantic communication. The National Steamship Company, of Liver pool, has long been known for its safe, but some what slow, freight-carrying vessels, which have often been selected by the British Government for the transport of troops. The Company, profiting by the results of its own experience and a study of that of rival lines, came to the conclusion that it is necessary to separate fast passenger transport from that of freight in ocean ships, very much as is now done on railways, and determined to try a class of vessels which should be able to steam through the water at a rate of 18 or 19 knots per hour continuously through a long voyage. The aim was to insure a maximum of commodious passenger space and of speed, with a minimum of coal expenditure and of port dues.
The Steamship America
Gordon, Robert (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 15 ; 384-388
2021-01-01
51886-01-01 pages
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