Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911)
Protheroe, Ernest · London : Religious Tract Society · leaf 305
in., only forthe Britannic to outvie it by two hours anda half. Meanwhile the Gruion Line, founded in 1866,had been making frantic efforts to secure a shareof the trans-Atlantic honours without success.Eventually it was decided to construct theArizona, 5147 tons, and the vessel made itsmark on both… … BLUE RIBBON OF THE ATLANTIC 229 homeward passage she achieved in 6 days 22 hours,the first vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean within aweek. It was to the Arizona or the Alaskathat the title ocean greyhound was first ex-pressly applied. These last-named notable performances werewiped out in 1884.…
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