New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
DAYS OF OCEAN RECORDS.
DEUTSCHLAND MAKES FASTEST WEST
WARD TRIP AND BEST DAYS RUN.
THE MINNEAPOLIS LOWERS THE TINE
FROM LONDON. CLOSELY FOLLOWING
THE ST PAUL's GREAT FEAT.

All the ocean records that were left to be
broken-one OF them her own westward record
we're broken yesterday by the Deutschland. or
the Hamburg American line. which arrived OF
Sandy Hook from Cherbourg having made the
run in 3 days II hours and 80 minutes. The
Atlantic transport steamer Minneapolis also ar
rived. reducing the time from London to less
than nine days. Following so closely the great
feat of the steamer ST. Paul. which reached port
Friday night. days hours and % minutes
from Cherbourg. making a new record for the
American line. these trips caused much COM
ment in shipping circles.
The former voyages of the Deutschland were
made from Plymouth. and her record from mat
port was ) days Is hours and 40 minutes whlcn
was completed on July II. This is broken by
her run from Cherbourg-a longer trip She also
made the best days run-JS4 knots The best
previous time from Cherbourg to Sandy HOOK
was made by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, or
the North German Lloyd line. in days l.
hours 81 minutes. the voyage ending November
Is last year The big Kaiser also held the
record for the best days run-5SO knots-Which
now passes to the rival line.
The daily runs of the Deutschland on her
voyage from Cherbourg were 337. $50. 80 90
5S4 and 1913 knots.
These runs measured across the Continent
from New-York to San Francisco, would be as
follows:
First aayNsE,YS9T1a to % c 5Ssbs
Third dagvoF1ana 70 10 Ds sals Lake
Fifth day-sat Lake 10 Carson City
The exact nautical distance is from the mole
at the entrance OF Cherbourg Harbor to the
Sandy Hool, Lightship She left the mole on
August &c at 9:55 p m. and reached the light
ship at 5:24 o'clock yesterday morning The
average speed attained on the trip was 2S.O2
knots an hour. On her last eastward run TO
Plymouth. she averaged 3.34 knots an hour. or
30 of a knot more. The ship experienced mod
crate winds and sea. with occasional hazy
weather.
The Deutschland now holds six records. as
follows:
New-York to Plymouth days. II hours and
As minutes. completed on August IA last. and
surprising her own previous record OF days
II hours and 6 minutes. made on July "A
Plymouth to New-York. 5 days. Is hours and
40 minutes, made on the voyage ending July
IL last. This was her maiden trip. and Is the
maiden voyage record
speed for a transatlantic voyage. 2334 knots
and best days run.
The Deutschland will sail on her return 20
Hamburg on Tuesday. Her sailing time viii be
only one hour later than that OF the Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse which will sail for Southanp-
ton and Bremen, and 1t is unOfhc1aly planned
to settle definitely which is the faster boat by
a neck and neck contest across the ocean
When Captain Albers, the commander Of the
Deutschland. went to the Hamburg American
Line office he was received by representatives
of Emil Boas and warmly gratulated on his
record breaking trip He said that the boat
burned 600 tons of coal a day.
Captain AIbers has been rated a ship COM
mander for thirty-ssven years For thirty-fOur
years he has been in the service of the Ham
burg-American Line. and for thirty-three years
has been in command Of it's vessels He is the
commodore Of its fleet Captain Albers expects
SDeed 10 Deutschland
her machinery is shaken down. and looks for
ward TO the appearance of new rivals on the
oceaH-the great ships building for the North
German Lloyd at Stettin-which promise to
excel in speed both the Deutschland and the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse and wear the crowns
of ocean queens until their turn shall come to
yield them up to still faster flyers.