1936-03-23 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1936

MAJESTY AND MIGHT OF THE "QUEEN MARY"

96 HOURS BY LINER

TO NEW YORK

TIME TABLE TO BREAK ALL RECORDS

RECORDS

Here is a brief record of the elapsed time taken by some his- toric sail and steam ships to cross the Atlantic, regardless of direction or distance:

Santa Maria, flagship of Chris- topher Columbus, 70 days, 1492.

Mayflower, Pilgrims' ship, 66 days. 1620.

(used sai aic

Savannah

FOUR MILES AN HOUR FASTER THAN team), 26 days, 1519.

ANY OTHER SHIP AFLOAT

LUNCH in Cherbourg on Saturday; tea in New York on Wednesday "afternoon-3,100 miles in 96 hours. That is the schedule which the Cunard-White Star Line were working out for the new liner Queen Mary, 17 months in advance! of her maiden voyage.

This is several hours faster than that of any liner now afloat. To maintain this time-table. the Queen Mary will steam at an average of 321, knots - four miles an hour faster than the average for the fastest Atlantic crossing ever made.

Yankee clipper Red Jacket, 19 days, 1 boar, 25 minutes, 1854.

Perala

9 days, 1 hour, 45 min- ules. Zu

1656.

Dishes 6 days, 7 hours,

38 minutes, 1900.

Mauretania, days. 17 hours 49 minutes, 1999

Rex, 4 days, 13 hours, 55 min

utes. 1930. Bremen,

4 days, 14 hears, 1932 Empress of Britain, days 6

hours, 58 minutes, 1954 (Quebec

to Cherbourg).

Normandie, days, 11 hours, 35 minutes, 1935 (Southampton to Ambrose, Lightship)."

The record for the Atlantic crossing is held by the French "QUEEN MARY'S”

liner Normandie. In 1935, it went from Southampton to the Ambrose Lightship in 4 days 11 hours, 33 minutes.

To make up for delay due to with either surface or submerged

the Queen articles weather fog or bad Mary will sometimes have

hae

been

practically

to eliminated by the "double shell"

travel at a considerably higher system of construction. speed than 321⁄2 knots.

Actually the reserve

Whole sections of the outer hall could be torn away without a drop of water penetrating to the Inner compartments of the ship.

RECORDS

Beautifying The Vessel

RARE WOODS AND CHOICE PANELLINGS

FANTASTIC FIGURES

DISCLOSED

18FT. LONGER THAN THE

EIFFEL TOWER

THREE ROYAL SCOT ENGINES COULD STAND IN EACH FUNNEL TO-MORROW the Queen Mary will sail down

the river from the port of her creation. Two days later she will berth at Southampton, and on Wednesday, May 27, embark on her maiden voy- age to New York.

Nearly 10,000 people have already applied for berths, and some have been on the waiting list for over two years.

At least a third of the number must inevitably be disappoint- ed, and until the final plans of accommodation have been drawn up no definite reservations can be made.

The Queen Mary is the Cunard-White Star's latest challenge for the blue riband of the seas.

So.

TMS

the nation. tingling Sir Edgar Britten. her chosen have set commander, is queitly confident of triumph. Little ships they were.

our vision the success of that challenge. though, because Only recently in Glasgow he said circumscribed.

The displacement of Nelson's Si: Edgar recently relinquished Victory was 2162 tons; Drake's command of the Berengaria, that Golden Hind, in which he sailed will not sail the seas again until round the world, was only 50 he guides the Queen Mary down tons; and Grenville's Revenge but 500. But ther flew the flag for England. Up On The Bridge For the last three months his job has been to inspect every at very great alarm yet evolved is being in-hampton May 27 on her first voy-corner of the wonder ship and get able to carry on

rise in tem-lage to New York, have reached the to know her inch by inch. Already speed in weather that world slow stalled. down a smaller and loss powerful perature in any portion of the phase wherein record sizes and ex- he has paid homage.

ship will be instantly recorded by several instruments on the bridge, clusiveness of furnishings are in-

of power! in the propelling machinery is great enough to drive the ship at 34 to 35 knots. Thanks to her enormous size and the peculiar lines of her

ship.

The most complete and up-to-

Reports on the new Cunard the Clyde- White Star Ener Queen Mary.

bull she should be date system of fire detection and which is scheduled to leave Sout

Fire Precautions Further details of the unique) the safety of arrangements for the ship may be interesting. The risk of fatal damage from collision

PERSONNEL OF THE SHIP

Two Captains And Large Crew

A marked

Homage is his own expression. "When one meets a queen, one So thorough is this system, portant. According to advices re-naturally pays homage." he said. it is officially stated that any ceived recently from Glasgow, the From the gangway. he made signs of incipient fire, no matter ship will go down the river Clyde straight for the bridge, the nerve in what part of the vessel, can

the Queen Mary. He of on the Spring tide on Tuesday centre of be dealt with in a matter

wanted to get the "feel" of it! seconds.

next. arriving at Southampton

A whole feet of powerful motor two days later to enter drydock for under his feet.

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FIRE TESTS IN “QUEEN MARY”

Petrol-Soaked Cabin Unharmed

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His visit was entirely unexpect-. lifeboats are carried in gravity 18 days before her trials, which ed, and it was a curious colacid- davits which enable each boat to also will last about 18 days.

ence that at the very moment Sir

Glasgow: The fire-resisting be launched by one man.

The main dining room of the Edgar appeared on the bridge a Enough lifebuoys for all 05

curled from qualities of the giant liner Queen cover an area thin wisp of smoke board will be carried. Most of Queen Mary will

that of the grand the foremost funnel The marine Mary were recently put to [them will be fitted with an auto-greater than matic apparatus that projects ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria engineers had breathed into the dramatic test.

A passetrer cabin, fitted out them into the sea at the touch of Hotel in New York and will ac-vessel a soul, and she was alive to

exactly as specified for the com commodate 800 persons at a single meet her commander. a lever.

Other Famous Ships architects reported

chemically treated pleted ship, seating, the 12 Hours" "Turn-Round”

Famous ships from time to time and coated with fire-proof paint, of the For the ceiling and walls of this An elaborate timetable

was drenched-with nearly 20 gal- tahip's movements has already room three shades of finetextured ultramodern

lons of petrol. The petrol was When the Queen Mary goes to been worked out. It is based on a peroba

FEWER PASSENGERS THAN NORMANDIE

wood,

an

sea next month she will have two "turn-round" of only 12 hours-species of Brazilian origin, have

port,

captains en board-the command-that is to say, she will arrive in ing officer and a staff captain-

disembark passengers, ́ Te The duties of the latter are store. re-fuel embark passengers, practically identical with those and sail again, all within 12 hours. of the commander in a big war- ship.

He is the senior executive

officer, and under the captain is

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responsible for the discipline of SCHEDULES WITH

the entire ship.

There will be 15 other deck officers and 95 petty officers and

seamer!

NORMANDIE

No Competition To

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"NUMBER 534”

A Poem By John Masefield

FIRST TRIPS IN splashed everywhere. “QUEEN MARY” Booking Berths For Summer

Then a light was applied. The blazed furiously petrol ignited, for a time, and finally burnt itself out.

All cabin and tourist

accom-

When the officials examined the cabin later, they found that slight scorching of the walls was the only result. The cabin was Mr. John Masefield, the Poet modation has been booked for the Laureate, wrote a poem especially second voyage on June 17 of the Virtually untouched by the coa- Cunard-White Star liner flagration. Here is remarkable to mark the occasion of the launch rew of the 534. as the liner Queen Queen Mary, which makes her proof that the Queen Mary will be not only the biggest and Mary was known before her off-raiden voyage from Southampton fastest, but also the safest ship cial naming ceremony. It appear to New York on May 27. ed in the souvenir programme An official of the company stat- As a result of conferences be-prepared for the naming ceremony. ed recently that the only berths tween the Cunard-White Star Line It has the title "Number 534" now available for the second trip Despite her enormous size, the and the French Line, it is prob-end is as follows:-

are third class. There are already Queen Mary will carry fewer pas able that the two biggest liners. For ages you were rock, far below many applications for the third

*han several of the the Queen Mary and the Nor The mandie will never be in the same

In all the Queen Mary will carry a staff of 1,263. This is

1 fewer than the complement i

of the French liner Normandie.

senzers

Passengers

smaller and older liners.

Take Place

provisional figure is 2,550, compart at the same time.

light, Crushed, without shape, earth's!

unregarded bone.

voyage on July 1.

The liner was full for the first journey some time ago, but many

prising 900 first class, 1,500 Although no hard and fast Then Man in all the marvel of his people, including some who book-

agreement has been made between

tourist, and 650 third-class, pas- sengers, but the various cate the two lines to operate a joint gories may be slightly modified. schedule it has been arranged that On the other hand the Majestic, there shall be no clash of sailings of 56,000 tona-17,000 tons less when the British liner comes into than the Queen Mary-carries service early next month. about 3,637 passengers, of whom

1.000 are Arst-class. The Bremen,

of 51.656 tons, has capacity for

2,200, including 800 first-class.

The comparatively small num- ber of passengers in the Queen

SISTER SHIP?

The Cunard-White Star Line re-

Mary is due to the extraordinary cently announced that tentative

devoted

enquiries had been made concern-

amount of space

to

state rooms, public rooms, proing the construction of a sister menade and recreation decks.

Įship,to the Queen Mary,

FOUR PROPELLERS

AS SPARES

Kept In Reserve At Southampton

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might

ed a year ago, have had to cancel Quarried you out and burned their berths. They cannot pass

you from the stone.

them on to friends, as the com- any Then, being pured to essence, you pany arranged to allocate

were nought

cancellations to some of the many people who were finable to obtain accommodation.

But weight and hardness, body

without serve;

Then Man in all the marvel of his

thought

Smithied you into form of leap!

and curse.

And took you, so, and bent youl

MINIMUM FARES

Minimum first-class fares for the Queen Mary have been fixed Interse great world of passion-at a lower level than those charg

to his vast,

ate design,

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ed on the French Normandie and the German Eremen and Europal

Success Of The Queen Mary Trials

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There was an almost complete

The test was witnessed only by of about 150 miles an hour when lack of vibration at the trial as the engineers responsible for the the Queen Mary is proceeding at

the enormous normal speed. Four spare propellers are to be a complete unit of the 200,000 installation of kept at Southampton for the use horse power propelling, machin-power unit. "Gatecrashers"-and

The construction of the mala

of the liner Queen Mary when ery of the Cunard-White Star the terms embraced yard foremen deck in three portions to allow or "breathing she goes into service. The first liner Queen Mary, made recently and minor officials were exclud-for expansion,

ed from the engine rooms. In space," is another device adopted of them recently left the foundry at Glasgow.

The device struments noting the vibration into reduce vibration. at Millwall for the Cunard stores depot.

This first dock trial, with pro-the passengers quarters, were fis similar to that adopted by en-

gineers in building bridges Each weighs 35 tons, 20 feet pellers, uncoupled, showed that carefully checked. wide, and has blades of athe builders have succeeded, in maximum breadth

feet.

to

Every hour the engines are run- give the necessary resiliency un- of der pressure or great weight. The of over.

six producing a ship with vibration ning at full speed 400 tons

reduced to the very minimum water are converted into steam, gaps between the three deck por- seventions will allow the Queet Mary: They are the largest ever made The results exceeded the most which is carried through

The pro-to face heavy seas or stresses) and, for technical reasms, their sanguine. expectations of Messrs. miles of main piping.

pelling tips will whirl at a speed (without undue straining. size is not likely to be surpassed. John Brown

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