Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911)
Protheroe, Ernest · London : Religious Tract Society · leaf 408
gged three-master ofabout 717 tons. Comparing the Deutschland of1847 with that of to-day is to gain a good ideaof the marvellous progress of marine construction.The dimensions of the vessel have been given onpage 232. She made shipping history when, bymeans of her 16 boilers, fed by 112 fires… … THE ATLANTIC FERRY 299 stately lines. The former is 687 feet by 75 feetby 53 feet; registered tonnage, 22,622 ; displace-ment at full load draught, 42,000 tons; the latteris 700 feet by 77 feet by 54 feet; registered ton-nage, 25,000 ; and displacement about 43,000 tons. The Amerika has…
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