Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-13
A NEW OCEAN RECORD.
Maiden Trip Of the Deutchsland
Beats All Previous Records
on Atlantic.
An Average of Over % Knots Per.
Hour Sustained on the
Voyage.
-
Laurels Wrestsd from the Wilhelm
der Crosse, Which Held Pre-.
vious Record.

New York. July 13.-The new Ham
burg-American liner Deutschland,
which is only a few feet shorter than
the Oceanic and which was made to
maintain a speed of % knots an hour.
broke the western record on her maiden
trip and came UP the bay yesterday at
ternoon to the footing of whistles and
dipping of flags.
She not only smashed the maiden rec
ord between the English channel and
Sandy Hook. but beat the best record
for tried engines between the two
countries. She crossed from plymouth
in five days fifteen hours and IS min
utes. logging the record breaking aver
age of Zap knots an hour
The best maiden record and also the
worlds record, two distinct things
We're formerly held BY he Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse. of the North German
Lloyd, which is now deposed as the
queen of the ocean by the giant Ham,
burg liner Deutschland.
The maiden trip OF the Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse, the fastest ever made
up 10 yesterday. was from the Needles,
outside Southampton. to the red hulled
light ship at the entrance TO Sandy
Hook. This time was five days twenty
two hours and fifteen minutes. The
distance between Plymouth. which was
the final port of call in Europe for the
newcomer. and the Needles is SO knots.
and to a ship like the Deutschland,
nearer five hours. Adding this 10 her
,Ja,
! and forty-six minutes, her computed
time from Southampton would be five
days, twenty hours and forty-six min
utes. a saving of one hour and forty
nine minutes on the time of the Kaiser
+ Wilhelm der Gross. The latter on her
! trip avera ged only si.3s Knots per hour.
4 as against 2242 for the Deutschland
The best record of the Kaiser Will
i helm der Crosse is five days, seventeen
hours and twenty-seven minutes. the
! time being taken from C,herbourg. with
+ an average speed of 2219 knots. Cher
/ bourg is practically directly across the
I English channel from plymouth, and
i asa matter of fact the Deutschland on
/ the trip just Finished logged knots less
than the Wilhelm made on that famous
i trip. The Deutschland has thus beaten
\ the best previous record by one hour
+ and forty-one minutes.
The best single days run ESQ knots
ever made by steamer was made by
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, anG
this is the only record unimpaired by
the Deutschland. The !atter's highest
4 single days effort was 557 knots. Ths
highest made ID. der Crosse on hel
maiden trip was 56i knots
II The Deutschland was built at Stettin
Germany. She is es6i2 feet long owe
all, 50 feet wideand a. feet deep. 1
stood on end the Deutschland would
a tower more than a hundred feet owe
4 an editice twice as high as the Trinity
5 church. Her registered tonnage is 1000
4 and her displacement $4,000 tons. Tn.
promenade extends $40 feet along tn
+ deck. The hull Of the vessel is divide,
Il into seventeen water tight compart
.nents and is also provided with doub
bottom, divided into twenty-four cham
Il bers. Four huge tunnels and two pol
a masts of steel rise from the decks
There are six decks. all O. steel an
teak. The Deutschland is provide,
With a longitudinal bulk head an
many transverse bulkheads by wnic
her hull is divided into seventeen waite
z. tight compartments.
Il The new floating palace has accom-
modations for 467 first cabin, 300 sec
Fond cabin and 900 steerange passenger:
Her special features include "a pIa
room for children, a gymnasium and
grillroom on the boat deck.
4 The new steamship left Cherbourg o
July at 4:15 O'Clock in the Afternoon