New-York tribune., 1921-03-31
''unard Ships
Soon to Total
Million Tons
i Burners, by Having but
One Funnel, Effect Great
Saving in Space Over the
Same Size Coal Burners
|ythia First in Service
lew Liner Is Only Half the
Aquitania's Tonnage, but
Takes 1900 Passengers

New oil-burning liners being built
II the Cuns-d Lines transatlantic
.S3vsee will have much greater carry
|; 4. capacity thsn coal-burning ships
'1 the same tonnage.
rfsy having only one funnel these
Nv vessels will save thousands of
bic feet Of space by doing away
b the great cabinets in which the
jsnels are usually encased. In addi-
i the oil fuel used occupies only a
ion Of the space that has to be
en up to bunkc-s in the case OF
al-burning vessels.
As q result OF the absence of tunnels
.reis grea. area OF unbroken space
the new Cunarders which will give
||ssm increased passenger carrying
.pacity.
i Cunasd to Have Million Tons
When the present building pro-
an Of the Cunsrd Company is COM
sss5. it,, with its associated lines,
! have more than . million gross
is Of shipping.
Nineteen Of the new steamers now
ished or under construction are
rye oil-burners, confined principally
three types-six of 81 900 tons each.
of l6.70o tons and seven OF approx
tely $4,000 tons each, aggregating
these three classes alone 317.2oO
oas. Thirteen of these new vessels
)n for the Cunard Line and six for
be Anchor Line.
IN addition there are number Of
aller vessels being built, notably q
200 ton ship for the Brocklebank
Company for use in the eastern trade.
lld four s,150-ton steamers under con-
'.ruction for the Australian service OF
re Commonwealth and Dominion Line.
10Th associated with the Cuunard Line.
Scythia First in Service
OF the ships of $1,000 tons, the
scythia will be the first to go into SER
nee. The six steamers in this class
IRE each 600 feet long, and each will
ccnmmod&te $500 to $500 passengers.
re size OF these ships may be realized
tlen 1t IS remembered that the capac-
~ OF the Aquitania is only $500 pas
'ense-. The Aquitania is more than
vice the tonnage OF the Scythia and
'er kindrcd ships, and yet the new
teamers will carry three-fourths a.
asn3 passengers. This illustrates the
am in space in ships originally de-
igned as oil burners. The Aquitania
as reconditioned in 1920 as an oil
J rner, but was originally designed
I'd built to burn coal.
The ScyLhia was the first OF the new
eet of thirteen Crnarders to be
Hnched. She is the largest passenger
ell af1oat to have been especially de-
ID and built to burn oil fuel She
so the first great liner to possess
r,pel1ing machinery of the double re-
rction geared turbine type. The
;ythia, with her gross tonnage of 21,-
-, length Of 600 feet, beam of 737la
ct and depth Of 45 feet, has space
dicient to provide accommodation for
ONE $500 passengers.
The Tyrrheni: although in the
cythia class, is several thousand tons
mailer, registering 10000 tons. She
i'll take her place in the company's
sryice next summer. The Samaria
, rapidly nearing completion at the
nipysrd Of Cammell, Laird & Co.
!. Birkenhead. The other 600
e,t 21,000-ton ships soon to take to
- water are the Franconis, Laconia
Ia Servia.
with thi. extensive building pro-
ram, the Cunard and associated lines
ire rapidly filing the gaps in the
.eets made by the World War. The
,unard company lost twenty-five ves-
eis as q result of Germanys sub
marine warfare, or 220,440 tons in all.
This was equal to 56 per cent Of the
1ae's pre-war tonnage. BY purchas-
.g the Imperator the Cunard Line has
! service three huge liners, the other
being the Aquitania and the
H1uretania