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 88
e of all the nations that frequentthe highway of the world. In 1849 they decided to subsidise aline of steamships of extreme speed, that should run theCunarders off the Atlantic, and sweep the seas in war. Howthey succeeded we shall soon see. The Government made a contract with Mr. E. K. CoUins,… … THE CUNARD LINE AND ITS COMPETITORS.. >B9 were named the Arctic, Baltic, Atlantic, and Pacific. The Arcticwas considered the finest ship. She was designed by GsorgeSteers, of New York (of America yacht fame), and built byW. H. Brown, of New York, at a cost of $700,000. They weregood models, with…
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