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...Lloyd declined to state that Europa was trying to beat Bremen's speed record across the Atlantic, but actually she crossed in 18 minutes less than the Bremen's best time, thereby setting a world record of 4 days, 17 hr., 6 min. from Cherbourg to Ambrose Lightship. Meantime her owners announced that they were in the process of entering into a 50-year "commercial alliance" with the Hamburg-American line. Control of each company will remain with its present officers. The tonnages "allied" are so great that they will operate side by side as the third largest...
...mournful morning. The chill air held a thin mist as the French cruiser Tourville, escorted by the U. S. cruisers Marblehead and Cincinnati, passed Ambrose Lightship, moved somberly through Quarantine and up New York Harbor. On her quarterdeck, under the after gun turret, rested a flag-draped coffin of rosewood. Within the coffin lay the body of Myron Timothy Herrick, late U. S. Ambassador to France, going home...
...actual sailing across the Atlantic relates too little of the actual competition of the race. One is curious to know why for instance the "Elena" made what appears to be a "faux pas" in strategy by her sudden shift of course the fifth day out from the Ambrose lightship. The actual racing tactics of the competitors receive very little description, yet this is supposed to be a kind of official record of the race...
...Osborne. I spanned the English Channel by wireless that year; extended the range up to 74 miles for messages between battleships; was ready with equipment for use in the Boer War. In 1899 the first wireless S.O.S. message was sent to shore, with direct effect, from the East Goodwin lightship, which was rammed...
...Leviathan of the U. S. now claims the record for the fastest passage from Cherbourg to New York. From Cherbourg breakwater to Ambrose Channel Lightship, 3,078 miles, she traveled in 5 days, 7 hours, 20 minutes. She thereby lowered the Mauretania's record, established in October of last year, by just 13 minutes...