New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-04-22
KAISER WILHELMU HERE
Because of Icebergs and Rough
Weather She Breaks No Records.

The new candidate for transatlantic speed
honors the Kaiser Wilhelm II. Captain Hoge-
man. of the North German Lloyd Line. arrived
here last night from Bremen. Owing to rough
weather. fog and icebergs, she did not break
any records. even that for maiden voyage.
Her time was 5 days and % hours: her average
hourly speed, %. 10 knots; the distance covered.
$3.50 miles
The last of the line OF record breakers. in
Guiding such vessels as the Majestic. Teutonic.
City of Paris, City of New-Yorz. the Carnpania.
the Lucania. the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse,
the Deutschland, the kronprinz Wilhelm. left
CherbOurg at l a. m. last Thursday. with 420
cabin and 637 steerage passengers. She arrived
at the bar at 7:4O p m. Her days runs we're
257 $50. $40. 547. 534 542 and $50 miles TO
Sandy Hook. She covered the last one hundred
and eighty miles at the rate Of 3.5S knots an
hour. This was the best hourly average she
made throughout the voyage. No effort vas
made TO establish new record. as it was under
stood that care should be taken to keep clear of
icebergs- She passed several icebeTgs She
covered one hundred and ten miles than
any of the other fast German steamers in their
maiden voyages. The coal consumed averaged
$50 tons day The machinery worked well and
her propellers made 81 revolutions per minute
throughout the voyage.
maiden voyage. She crossed in ) days. u hours
and As minutes at the rate of 2242 knots an
hour The distance covered was 3,044 miles The
record made by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
the first Of the North German Lloyds feet Of
fast steamers and the earliest of the express
steamer under the German flag, was days. -
hours. 35 minutes, her average hourly being
21.39 knots. In crossing she covered $3.50 miles.
The maiden voyage of the Kronprinz Wilhelm.
which now holds the westward record from
Cherbourg. was made in days. 10 hours and ID
minutes, her average hourly speed being 10 AZ
knots The distance covered was 3,O45 miles.
Her slow time was due TO a storm. 1t was so
severe that several Of her ventilators were car
ried away. the steel storm doors Of the prone
made det-S and the plates in the front Of the
womens salon were bent inward smashing the
woodwork on the inside. and several ports. in
Guiding one in the wheelhouse the bridge,
were smashed in by the seas.
When the Kaiser Wilhelm II docks this morn
ing she will formally open to service the new
ireproof piers Of the North German Lloyd Line,
which among the finest piers in the world.
Much has been written about the new ship
and it is well known by this time that she is
the longest ship which has ever been built. being
her depth 80 feet inches Her tonnage is
1880 Her long and comparatively slender
hull is driven by four quadruple expansion en-
gines, two sets on each shaft, which VIII de
velop 10000 horsepower This is about 5000
horsepower greater than that of the next strong
est engines OF steamship. She is intended
to average between 23z and n knots an
hour. Both the Deutschland and the krOn-
prinz Wilhelm have crossed the ocean toward
the Kaiser WelheIm II with her greater power.
ought 10 be able to exceed this speed when
thoroughly warmed up
Director DahIers the Rev DR.. 3. F. Aldrich.
Mr.. and Mrs Maurice DAILY, of New-York;
Director FIohr Major J. r D. Graham. Pro-
fessor HIprecht, George H. Holt Robert G.
TngersoU F D Jordan, Walter N. Jackson. Of
The London Times" and Robert Shaw OHVer
were among the passengers