The record-union., 1891-05-03
FACTS ABOUT OCEAN STEAMERS.
Vast Amount of Information In Small
SDace.


1. What was the name of the first
steamship that crossed the Atlantic, and
how long did it take her? The Savannah
in 1919. Twenty-Five days. (The usual
time for one of the fast clipper ships was
from sixteen to twenty-one days.
2. What is the largest passenger steam
ship in commission? City of Paris, 10, 499
tons displacement.
3. What is the cost of steamship like
the Majestic? Nearly 100000.
4. What steamship carries the largest
number of cabin passengers? The Etru-
ria, $50.
5. What has been the greatest days run
of any ocean steamship? Five hundred
and fifteen miles.
6. Is speed materially increased by twin
screws? No, but the vessel can turn
quicker, and if one shaft breaks the other
will carry her into port.
7. What line has the largest trans
Atlantic. fleet of first-class passenger
steamships, and how many? North
German Lloyd. Twelve vessels.
8. How many steamships are there en-
gagged in the transatlantic passenger
trade? About ninety.
8. What is the longest steamship now
in service in the world? The Teutonic,
565.0S feet long.
10. What captain has been the longest
in the transatlantic service? Captain
II. How many cabin passengers were
landed in New York during 1890?
Ninety-nine thousand one hundred and
eighty-nine.
II. How much coal is consumed by one
of the great liners III twenty-four hours
About 300 tons, or 466 pounds minute.
IL. What is the average expense of a
single voyage-New York to Liverpool
and return? $4,000.
IA. What were the dimensions of the
Great Eastern? When was she launched?
And what was her horsepower? Six
hundred and eighty feet long, IS feet
broad, Is feet draught. Launched Janu-
uary 10, 1856. Horsepower, 5000. She
had both side-wheels and a screw
10. What is the length Of nautical knot
in land measure? Six thousand and
eighty feet.
is. (a) What is the distance sailed, in
nautical miles, from New York to Liver
pooR 10y From Liverpool to New York?
(d) New York to Sandy Hook, 16 miles,;
Sandy Hook to Roche's Point, northern
track, 2,S05 miles; southern track, 1850
miles; from Roche's Point to Mersey
Bar, 229 miles, and from the Bar to Stage
Landing in Liverpool, ii miles. Totals:
Northern track, 1904 miles; southern
track, 3,l39 miles. (b) From Liverpool
Landing to, Roche's Point, 243 miles;
from Roche's Point to Sandy Hook light,
1850 miles; Sandy Hook to New York, IL
miles. Totals: Northern track, 1909
miles; southern track, 3,1O9 miles.
II. (d) Between what points are records
estimated? (6) What is the first light
sighted on the British coast? The Amer
lean? (G) Sandy Hook and Daunt's
Rock, Queenstown Harbor, near Roche's
Point. (b) Bull, Cow and Calf, south
coast of Ireland, Nantucket or Fire
Island.
Is. What was the greatest number of
Immigrants ever landed in New York in
a year? In a day? Four hundred and
tifty-tive thousand four hundred and
fifty, in 1888. Nearly 10000, May IL, 1887.
10. What was the first regular transat-
lantic line, and when established? The
British and American Royal Mail and
Steam Packet Company, founded in 1910
by Samuel Cunard
20. What are the chief landing ports on
the European side? Liverpool for the
Cunard, Inman, White Star, Guion and
Anchor lines; Havre for the French;
Bremen for the North German Lloyd:
Antwerp for the Red Star; Rotterdam and
Amsterdam for the Netherlands; Glasgow
for the Anchor and State; Hamburg for
the Hamburg-American; Copenhagen for
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