Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-29
LONGEST STEAMER IN WORLD
Great Easter. Far 0utcIassed by the
Latest Specimen of Ocean
LINER.

The new Cunard steamship Mauretania,
the largest in the world, which was sue
cessfully launched from the yard of Swan,
Hunter & Co., wellsend-on-Tyne, is 100
feet in length. So feet in breadth, 90 feet In
depth: its tonnage is $780, and its tur-
bine engines OF 10000 indicated horse
power. with quadruple screws. and ex-
pected to develop a speed OF twenty-five
knots an hour at sea, equivalent to about
thirty statute miles an hour. II will
have accommodations for $500 passengers.
OF whom 800 will be hrst-class, 500 second
class and 1900 third. The crew will num-
Der more than 800. so that the complement
Of passengers and crew will be more than
1000
A favorite standard OF comparison In
shipping Is the leviathan of Brunei, the
Great Eastern, the mammoth steamer
which, born before its time. yet solved in
its construction many of the most dificult
problems with which the modern builders
OF big ships have to grapple; yet the Maui
retania dwarfs even the gigantic Great
Eastern. as the following figures show:
,.n.., 60, EasteS g, Mauretan! Is;
Breadth. feet ........,.... so IS
Displacement, tons III. 1000 5000
s SADDLE kS Scssw ana san ouaarupie screws
The Mauretania's double bottom is di-
vided by vertical keel five feet high and
by traverse frames into compartments In
which water ballast may be carried. Tile
tops of these tanks are carried well round
the turn OF the bilge. so that should the
bilge keels be torn away and the hull
pierced, the entering water would be con-
fined between the inner and outer bottoms.
The lower deck is made comparatively
watertight Below II are the lower orlop
and orlop decks and above are the main.
upper. shelter, promenade, upper prone
made and boat decks-nine In all.
The new White Star steamship Adriatic,
also launched from the yards of Harland
& Wolf. Belfast. IL the largest vessel OF the
feet OF mammoth ships built by this COM
pany.
The Adriatic is even larger than the IA
nous Baltic. and has an overall length OF
I 725 feet and a gross tonnage of 5000 tons
or more. 1t is expected that the ship will
provide spacious accommodation for about
5000 passengers. besides quarters for a
crew of about $50
II Is understood at the New York ofices
OF the company that many unique features
have been introduced in the passenger ac-
commodation on this steamship. and the
builders claim that the vessel will be I'M
rtvaled In Its class by any steamship built
or building. The Adriatic will more nearly
approach the aim OF the great shipbuildine
concerns to produce a vessel that Is a re-
plea in the details OF comfort and con-
venience OF the great modern hotels OF
New York and London than any other
steamship ever built, and this is particu-
larry noticeable in the development OF the
private bath ana toilet room in connection
with large number OF the rooms and the
introduction OF added accommodation IN
the form Of iounging rooms for common
use.
The Adriatic win be operated by the
White Star line in its New York-Queens-
town-Liverpool service. which II Is ex.
pected 1t will enter in May. 1907. The
Adriatc cost 5o.ooo.-New York World.