The History of North Atlantic steam navigation with some account of early ships and shipowners (1896)
Fry, Henry · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 104
s eagerly taken up, and JohnBurns was elected chairman. The competition was now very severe, and the directors turnedto. Pearce. He designed and built for them in 1884 the nowcelebrated Etruria and Umbria. The former is 8127 tons gross,but only 3690 net ; the latter is 8128 and 3699. The… … G 2 THE CUNARD LINE AND ITS COMPETITORS. 85 •with 6 feet stroke, and working with no lbs. steam. Theirpower and speed were unprecedented, and, for a time, they werethe Queens of the Atlantic, the Etruria making the westwardrecord of 6 days i hour, and the Umbria the eastern of 6 daysI hour and 15…
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