Mark Baber
RIP
The keel of the ship that would eventually be known as Britannic II was laid at Harland & Wolff on 30 November 1911. This article appeared several days before hand. Note that the description of this ship does not, in many regards, accurately describe Britannic.
The New York Times, 25 November 1911
GIGANTIC, 1,000-FOOT LINER
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To Have Golf Links, Cricket Field, Tennis Court, and Ballroom
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By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times
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LONDON, Nov. 24 (by telegraph to Clifden, Ireland; thence by
wireless)---Remarkable details are now known of the thousand-foot liner,
the Gigantic, which the White Star Line has commissioned Harland & Wolff
to build at Belfast.
The beam will measure between 111 and 112 feet; the displacement will be
70,000 tons, and the gross tonnage over 50,000. The levels will be a
dozen or thirteen, with the highest over seventy-five feet above the
water line. The passenger accommodation will be increased in the first
class from 800 to 1,000 or more, and the total number over 4,000.
The Gigantic will not be an ocean greyhound, but a seven-day boat. She
will have both reciprocating and turbine engines. The cost is to be
close to £2,000,000, or $10,000,000. She will have a cricket field, a
tennis court, golf links, and reception and ball rooms, and restaurant
and veranda cafés, which will be placed forward instead of aft. There
will also be a plunge and all kinds of baths, and a gymnasium.
There will be a most elaborate scheme of decoration.
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The New York Times, 25 November 1911
GIGANTIC, 1,000-FOOT LINER
---
To Have Golf Links, Cricket Field, Tennis Court, and Ballroom
---
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times
---
LONDON, Nov. 24 (by telegraph to Clifden, Ireland; thence by
wireless)---Remarkable details are now known of the thousand-foot liner,
the Gigantic, which the White Star Line has commissioned Harland & Wolff
to build at Belfast.
The beam will measure between 111 and 112 feet; the displacement will be
70,000 tons, and the gross tonnage over 50,000. The levels will be a
dozen or thirteen, with the highest over seventy-five feet above the
water line. The passenger accommodation will be increased in the first
class from 800 to 1,000 or more, and the total number over 4,000.
The Gigantic will not be an ocean greyhound, but a seven-day boat. She
will have both reciprocating and turbine engines. The cost is to be
close to £2,000,000, or $10,000,000. She will have a cricket field, a
tennis court, golf links, and reception and ball rooms, and restaurant
and veranda cafés, which will be placed forward instead of aft. There
will also be a plunge and all kinds of baths, and a gymnasium.
There will be a most elaborate scheme of decoration.
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