New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-06
Giant Liner Warped In,
After Fast First Trip,
i'm 81 Minutes.
1.O19 PASSENGERS
PRAISE BIG SHIP
No Vibration Felt During Voy-
age - New Cunarder Oets
Statutes from Many.

TIo brought her over in days, Il hours
and s. minutes At IN average speed OF
es.l0 knots. which is the record maiden
massage for any steamship coming TO TINS
mort Incidentally. he put her into dock
and lad his gaugplank made fast twenty
one minutes after his bridge was aoeam
the pier. which IS the quickest docking
Of any steamship over 2o"H tons.
The new Cuuardcr. which is the nncst
product Of British shipyard ever sent
10 these shores. came into port in modest
fashion She was more fortunate than
tho NatcrIaud. and In less than ha.f an
hour her master had her out Of the way
and safely made fast 20 her pier 10y TWEEN
ty-nine hawsers.
The big flyer left Quarantine AT 10
=. m. and throughout her quick run Up
the lay was salutcd 10y an craft that
PASSED her within signalling distance.
Colors were dipped frequently in response
10 honors from British ships i'm the an
chorages and at their piers. The Aqul-
tania's whistle was kept busy returning
greetings.
Apart from the fact that the AquitAnla
has the finest lines and is the fastest yes
sci Of her tonnage the most conspicuous
feature Of her arrival yesterday was her
mastery docking The waterfront was
amazed, for il was thought that the great
vessel would maur9vre for an hour and
CO., o. Tow havysers before her plank was
hauled aboard
captain Turner. however was. not
amazed. and Captain Roberts the port
hot 10
Just about what he expected.
Both men had been working on both
sides of the Atlantic for months on the
docking problem. and their success yes
terdav was no accident.
Plans Of the Aouitania had been ia the
hand. of Cautain Roberts for months. and
suggestions were sent back and forth be
tween the two mariners by mail and
cable. Even on Thursday there had been
conversation by wireless on the putting
iu OF the great vessel.
Every possible tidal condition had been
rcckoned with Nothing was left to
chance, consequently neither master was
surprised yesterday when the biggest
British vessel i'm the world was locked
in twentv-one minutes
ON Wednesday morning when the Aqm-
1.uja was losing time because of fog, a
,.oliur man asked Captain Turner if he
would make the Hshtship i'm time to dock
Friday morning.
We've got 10 make it Friday morning,
remarked the skipper quietly. Il must
docl on the ehb. of the pier at a. m
will he to my liking Wait and see The
Aquitania was there at 9I5 a. N. At
e.3G o'clock she was made fast.
When CAPTAIN Turner came down from
che bridge ne was surrounded by rep
lcsentatives OF his own and other lines.
As Herman Winter and Charles =. sum
uer. of the local Cunard Office, offered
CONGRATULATIONS he smiled and asked
what il was all about. Then between
bites Of kippered herring and honey, his
first meal Of the day. Captain Turner
told how he put the Aqutauia into dock.
There's nothing to tell" he began
she is handled as easily as a yacht. |
can do ANYTHING / want with those pro-
pelIers You know we can go ahead and
reverse on all four screws. That is some
thing"
Did YOUR rudder play no part in the
dockiDg?'
Did good work coming over, but not
off the pier." he replied. A rudder is
10 good when ship is STOPPED and off the
u,.r No sir. the screws did the job.
Simnle lob when YOU have a ship like
tho ,ouitania. came up against the
.hh. cot those tugs rushing OH my star
lord quarter. milling off the port quar-
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