The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-01
GIANTESS OF THE SEA.
Oceanic, to BE Launched I'm January,
VIII Exceed the Great Eastern

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VIII Exceed the Great Eastern.
The largest steamship ever built
greater even than the famous Great
Eastern, until now the largest ship
will be launched at Belfast next jan
uary. 1t will fly the flag Of the White
Star line, and will be placed in the
New York and Liverpool service.
The shipbuildlng firm Of Harlan e.
Wolff has been commissioned to build
this modern giantess Of the seas. The
feminine form Of the noun Is used to
designate the ship, because Rudyard
Kipling, who is an authority on all
such things, has said: THE liner, sneS
a Iady-the man-of-war's her hus-
band" and this ship, not being an
engine Of destruction, but intended to
to carry passengers and the mail why,
she's a lady, and a most colossal lady
Over an eighth of mile in length will
be this giantess. To be exact, she viii
have a length over all of 704 feet
twenty-five feet longer than the Great
Eastern, which, after performing the
historic service Of laying the Atlantic
cable, retired because it's proportions
made it unWieldy.
The Oceanic-that is to be the name
of the new greatest ship-will be six
ty-fiVe feet longer than any vessel now
afioat or in process Of construction,
and, with the knowledge gained since
the Great Eastern was built, she will
not be unWieldy. She is to be twin
screw steamer, and, while she will be
fast enough, speed itself will be sub
ordinated to the comfort Of the pas
sengers.
S. Tenney French, the general West
ern agent Of the White Star line, said
yesterday regarding the new steam
Chi hoe
cumstances necessitate another step
forward in the means of oceanic trans
portatiOn, and Ismay, Imrie e. Co. have
authorized Harlan e. Wolff, who have
built all the White Star steamers, to
build, for the Liverpool and New York
service, a twin screw mail and passen-
ger steamer, in which extreme speed
is again to be subordinated to the com
fort and convenience of passengers Of
all classes. In her internal arrange
ments the vessel will be an enlarged
reproduction of the TeutOnic and Ma
jeStic, except in so far as improve
nsents may have suggested themselves
in the size and fittings Of the rooms,
and which may be rendered practical
BILE by the increased dimensions Of the
ship herself.
although a much higher sea speed
than that now contemplated Is quite
practicable, from an engineering point
of view, it has been determined, as far
as possible, to aim at a regular Wednes-
day morning arrival, both in New York
and in Liverpool, making the Irish land
and Queenstown by daylight and en-
abling passengers who may be travel
ing to places beyond the port of arrival
to proceed to, and in the majority Of
cases reach their destination with
comfort during the day.
ut is expected the steamer will be
launched in January next. Mer compile
ton will mark another step in advance
in the history Of ocean trateling. An
suspicious revival of an old favorite
name has been determined on, as she
is to be called the Oceanic, after the
pioneer vessel of the company, in which
steamer, it will be remembered, were
introduced for the first time many i'm
provements then regarded as criticisa-
bic luxuries, but which the traveller Of
today takes as a matter Of course and
as essential to comfort in ocean travel
1T is interesting to note that this
vessel which we are sure will long be
remembered as having done so much
to make the passage Of the stormy
Western ocean more comfortable in
every way, has only recently been with
drawn, after completing a most sue
cessful career Of more than a quarter
Of century in the service Of the public
and Of the White Star line"