Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-08
LUCANIA THE QUEEN.
rne WESTERN PASSAGE IN 5 DAYS,
t3HouRs AND rs MINUTES.
D.., ,hs Record 30 Minutes sod Probably
Demolished Two More hecor"s-
Hest Running For One Day.
Nav Yo-k Hcraid.)

There IL n new queen of the seas. her
mama "a r.ncanla. She came rushing past
Sandy Hook Lightship at 1000 O'CLOCK
Friday night. breaking the record Tor the
quickest passage between Queenstown ana
New York.
IL was only few weeks ago that the Luz
cania astonished the maritime worio Wy
lowering the maiden record by sixteen
hours and at the same time almost
eaualling the westward Queenstown re-
cord. Last night. abeam OF the great
rcd hulk of Sandy Hook Lightship, she
ended the most remarkable WESTWARD 'oy-
age ever made. A., 80,
she went over the passage In five days.
thirteen hours and twenty-five minutes
beating the record OF the Paris py hity-
nine mirfhtes. -, .o,oo,,,-o,
the familiar lines OF the Cunard gtantess
nc sbe came out OF the southeast at $50
o'clock.
FLEETER THAN THE WINDS.
She left behind a great furrow OF foam
as abe sped along i'm the darkness. her
mighty engines toiled as no machinery
| OF ocean liners ever toiled before.
She WAS aglow from stem to stern with
| the light which streamed from hundred
| portfolios. Like an argus-eyed monster
of the sea. she came racing westward,
outstrlpplng the winds in her flight.
Outside the bar she halted and waited
for high tide to make her way into port.
The Lucania has done that which her
proud sister ship. the Campania, iailed 10
| do
The winner of half a dozen records
| the Campania is obliged TO yield TO her
| ct
hearing away the westward record. The
fleet American liner Paris created that
| record when she sailed upon the Queens
| town-NeC York route. She defended IL
well, and since the Paris changed her
English sailing port to southampton many
ocean liners have tried in vain to capture
| IT,.
SHE Is \ MARINE MARVEL.
All that the Iucania has done will not
| be known until she reaches quarantine
this morning. II r. likely that besides
establishing new westward record that
she has made the fastest days run and
| the best average hourly speed.
The Iucania IS a vessel OF wonderfuI
| CAPABILITIES She has all the power ana
strength OF the Campania, and her de-
slgners availed themselves of all the eN-
| perience they had gained in constructing
| the C'ampanla's engines. She is all that
| the Campania Is In speed and more. she
| Is the coming flagship OF the Cunaru meet.
The Lucana left Queenstown SUNDAY
| last. She passed Daunts Rock at lilo III
| the afternoon. She steamed out 10 sea III
| sblp-shape order. Her bunkers were nlIeu
| with coal OF the best and most UNIFORM
quality. Last time she was not proVided
with the best OF fuel. -,
| Old salts said yesterday that near
winds heavy seas would delay the
preat Cuu..rd liner in her westward race
against time. OF course, they were MIS-
| taken.
HER GREAT MAIDEN VOYAGE.
| The Tucania made her maiden trip
early I'm September. II was AFTER this
| that the Paris shook in her ocean throne.
| Had not the Paris 50 recently won 'ie
| Southampton westward record she Woulu
be Il dethroned queen OF the seas 10
day. The time of the Lucania's maiden
voyaee was days Is hours and 81 min
| utes. The record Cor the westward
voyage held by the Paris was days il
hours and q minutes
| The Iucania thcn came within one hour
and thirteen minutes of equalling the re-
cord OF the Paris. The best previous
maiden record she lowered by sixteen
| hours.
| The trip which the Lucana ended last
night IL but her second voyage TO the
westward. 1t does not take much or a
prophet to foretell what she viii 90 pc
fore another year. 1t will only be rev
| VOYAGES more before the LGcania Will
reduce the time OF the western passage
10 five and a half days, Of which the
| marine theorists years ago used to dream.
| The distance covered by the Lucania
was about .. 80 miles. Her average hour
w speed az nearly IA 1t can be calcu-
lated, IS 20.72 knots. When the oihclai
| figures are known 1t may be shown that
| the L.ucania has made a still better
hourly average.
| SOME RAPID GOING.
The average attained by the Paris on
| her record trip was 207O knots an hour.
| The Campania, In her trip which came
| the nearest TO the westward record,
| made 06l knots an hour. The best
| days run by the Paris when she broke
the record to the westward was 90 knots.
| The Lucana must have beaten that run
at least twice in the phenomenal Voy-
age which she finished last night. She
may have broken the record for the best
| days run-JiS knots-whch was estab-
lished by her sister ship. the Campania.
| The Cunard Line now holds both the
| eastward and westward records between
| Queenstown and New York. The east
ward record was Won by the Campdnia,
| and the Lucanla is now crowned with
| the westward record. The contest TO the
westward has been more eagerly con-
| tested perhaps than the eastward.
| The Lucania is only few feet shorter
than was the Great Eastern. She Is go
| feet long. % feet in beam, and has a
| draught OF 80 feet. Her horsepower Is
| 5000
The Paris Is 527 feet long, 90 feet in
beam, and - feet in draught. Her
| HORSEPOWER Is 20lOO