The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
LuSitania Makes Quickest Time
Across Atlantic.
But Fails to Pass Speed of the
Deutschland.
BEAT THE LUCANIA.
Time From Queenstown B Days
and "a Minutes.
Made an Average of 23.O1 Miles
an Hour.

New York. Sept ia new steamship
record between Europe and the port OF
New York was made by the Cunard line
new giant turbine ship. the Lusltania'
which arrived here today. The Lusitanil
left Queenstown. the nearest trans
Atlantic port to New York at 1910 p. m
Sunday and arrived at the Sandy Hook
light ship at sos a. m. today, making
the time for the trip days and "a min
utes. This is six hours and 29 minutes
better than the previous Queenstown
New York record of days. hours and
% minutes, held by the Lueania of the
same line.
While the Lusitania has made a new
record for the time passenger is act
ualIy on board ship. she has not beaten
the average speed per hour record;
both he Kaiser Wilhelm II which
has made 1856 knots per hour from
New York to Plymouth and the
Deutschland which has record of 23.1o
knots per hour to Plymouth, having
made the better &ime. The Lusitania 5
speed per hour on her maiden voyage
Is 23-O1 knots The log of the Lustania gives
her time of passage as days, "a min
utes, and her time of arrival off Sandy
Hook light ship as sos a. m Her aver
age speed was 23.01 knots per hour ana
the days run were five. Miles: $50, 515,
$40, 593 and 4S3 to the light ship, total
distance of ?. 7s2 miles. 2S.o1 knots.
The new ship was decked with flags
and bunting when she made her appear
ance off Sandy Hook this morning, her
four big red tunnels lending color to the
pcture which was marred by the pre-
Vailng haze. A good sight of the beau
tifuI vessel was had from shore Tor only
a short while.
Her passengers lined the railings and
crowded the different decks of the large
vessel. waving handkerchiefs and Amerl-
can and British flags. The marine OBJ
serVatOry stations on shore displayed
their flags ir salute, other vessels in the
lower bay blew their whistles in greet
ing and the Lusitania's blue ensign was
constantly lowered and raised again in
acknowledgment of the reception given
her She steamed slowly up the bay
for the new Ambrose channel, dug
especially for vessels of great draft and
which she will be the first to use in en-
terlng the port of New York.
Some Previous Records.
Sixty-one years ago the little steam
ship Europa, Cunard Liner with her
old fashioned engines crossed the At
lantic from Liverpool to New York
in II days and hours. Her perfor-
nance was heralded to the four cor
ners of the earth. The Europa had
broken the record of a and a half
days made by the steamer Great West
ern eight years before, in 1888 with
the Europa voyage began the lasting
which has led TO the building of the
fleet Lusitania.
The Lucania record of five days.
seven hours, minutes made from
Queenstown to New York in 1894 was
not broken until the Lusitania arrived
today The Lucania on that trip made
an average speed of 21.81 knots over
a course of 2,779 miles. While the
Lucania was holding the Queenstown
record the North German-Lloyd and
American lines began to battle for the
western record from Southampton to
New York. which was held for three
years between 1893 and 1895 by the
steamships Paris, New York and St
Paul of the American line. The ST
Paul in 1896 made the voyage from
Southampton to New York a distance
of 1850 miles in six days and 81 min
utes The North German Lloyd COM
pany put out the Kaiser Wilhelm Der
Crosse the first of the greater ocean
steamships now traVerslng the Atlan-
tfc and the new vessel in 1897 be-
came the marine wonder of the world
when she hung up a record of five
days. % hours and 35 minutes from
Southampton to New York.
The Big Kaiser as she is familiarly
called in shipping circles created a
new record in 1899 when she steamed
from Cherbourg France to New York,
a distance of $3.50 miles in five days.
IS hours and 8 minutes. This record
was lowered in the same year by the
Kaiser to nNe Gays. IL houis anu o
minutes. The Hamburg American
line captured the blue trophy of the
sea from her rival in 1900 with the
steamship Deutschland which made
the distance from Cherbourg to New
York in five days. y hours and 29
minutes. The Deutschland lowered
her own record by six minutes in 1901. |
The Kron Prinz Wilhelm the new ship
of the North German Lloyd line.
slipped across the Atlantic in 1902 In
five daVs II hours and 81 minutes
which was the banner record until the |
next year when the Deutschland |
again wrested the honors as the fast |
est ship afloat by clipping off min |
utes from the record time of the Kron |
Prinz Wilhelm. The Deutschland |
made on this remarkable voyage an |
average speed of 23.15 knots.