Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-19
BIGGEST LINER WILL
HOUSE $500 PERSONS
Former Bismarck Has Sc, 900
Tonnage and $1,000
Horsepower.


According 10 q report received yes
terday by the International Mercan- |
tile Marine from Hamburg, the work |
on the b6,00O-ton liner Majestic, for |
merly the Bismarck, and the largest |
vessel in the world. ia being pushed |
steadily and Indications are that the |
mammoth vessel will be ready 70 enter
the New York k~Southampton service
next Spring
There are about 1000 engineers. fit-
ters painters. joinera. &c. working ON
the Majestic. and the strikes. which
have affected other shIpyards In Ger
man ports have not lmpcded the pro-
gross OF the new liner. n. r. Harlan,
from the Ehlpyard OF Harlan q wolff.
Belfast. and five chief engineers from
the White Star Lime are watching the
inAtailation OF the machinery and the
completion OF tho construction for the
company.
Standing high above the water In the
yard OF Blohm a. yusa the Majestic
dominates the harbor Of Hamburg and
can be seen for miles around. When the
ship Is ready ehe Will be placed in
floating drydock TO have her rudder
shipped and 10 be painted before steam
Ing over to Southampton to be fitted up
with furniture. linen, &c. The drydock
will be towed over 10 Southampton
after the ship and place will be
dredged for the huge dock which
draws seventy feet OF water, SO that
| II VIII be available for the use of big
lincrs like the Majestic and the olym-
pic when they need overhauling and
cleaning.
| Slr Bertram Hayes TO Command.
| IL is understood that the Majestic
win be commanded by Sir Bertram
Hayes. ID. s. o.. II. N. r.. who has
charge OF the Olympic and was deco-
rated for sinking two submarines off
Portsmouth on May 10. 1918. when the
ship was filled with American troops
bound for the war zone.
ON taking her place in the New
York -Cherbourg- Southampton service
of the White Star Line. the Majestic
will conform In the details of her pas
senger fittings TO the standards estab-
lished by the olympic. with which she
VIII ply In that service. AS to size. she
viii stand alone, since she is nearly
10000 tons larger than the Olympic
and about 1000 tons larger than the
worlds second largest vessel, the lie.
yhthan.
For comparison. the Majestic might
be likened to a floating town. with
homes for $500 persons. since she viii
nave capacity for carrying that mum.
ber, including 4,100 passengers and I
crew Of about 1.i00. She will hnv,
quarters for about 1000 passengers II
the first cabin. 700 in the second an,
, 2,400 in the third.
The space in the great ship occu
pied by her housing facilities" an,
: her engines and other machinery 4
equal to that in 400 average detache,
suburban residences Of eight room
each, or of about 500 average four
room apartments. This is divided in
to several "neighborhoods." each dis
tinct from the other; as for example
first cabin accommodations amidships
and the choicest OF all, second cabir
which is more toward the stern: tn
{ engine room; third class and steera gs
carried both forward and aft: spac
for crew and officers quarters. III
latter In a steel house all by itsel
on the bridge deck.
20 accommodate its passengers wit,
sleeping quarters the ship win hav
1,245 staterooms-ther being 472 4
first cabin, 212 in second and SCI /
third-besides enclosed dormitorie
p for single men and single womer
!, respectively. in the latter class. Tn
= staterooms range from neat littl
2 one-bed room for a single traveller I
elaborate suites of half dozen room:
each. with parlor, private sun veran
da, dining room and bedrooms wit
private baths.
Dimensions OF all kinds on IN
great ship are Gargantuan. The hu
Itself. If stood on end beside the Woo
worth Building. would tower 164 fee
above that skyscraper. Four time
around the ships promenade deck
mile. Two New York subway train
could pass abreast through her thre
smokestacks, which are thirty feet /
dIameter. The tops Of these stack
are IA feet above the waterline {
the ship and 1S4 feet above the kee
or total height about equal to tina
OF an ordinary twelve story building.
The public rooms of the ship ar
great halls in dimensions, with clea
spaces and lofty ceilings not usual
ASSOCIATED with marine architectur,
The lounge has a ceiling 26 feet higl
and its floor dimensions are 76 by S
feet. The main dining room has a
area Of more than quarter of a
acre, 'sor 11,466 feet, being III fes
long by 9S feet wide Its ceiling owe
ar area of 1900 feet is 81 feet high.
restaurant for frst-class passenger
is Ito feet long by 54 feet wide. wit
ceiling 2s feet high. There is a
unbroken view through the centre ,
these apartments $50 feet long.
The Maiestics power instanatio
Is the largest ever fitted in a passer
ger vessel. consisting OF four hup
turbine engines for driving the hu
ahead. and four reversing turbine
The weight of a single main turbine
g S75 tons.
Q II is expected that the driving eI
= zines will delivfr a maximum of So
e 900 to $4,000 indicated horsepow,
< through four shafts. to as many DIR,
q pellers, each 16 feet in diameter.
J, 1t is estimated that at 10 revoll
= tions a minute these propellers w
: drive the ship under normal cor
{ ditions about 23 knots, or more tha
= 26 Statute miles an hour.-New Yo