Show THE OCEANIC the argest ever constructed built for the white atar line there was launched on an saturday a steamship p which exceeds in length all vessels that have preceded it in tho the history of maritime commerce com merca the oceanic oceania hog has been built by Ha and wom wolff oi of belfast for thu the white star line she is a twin screw steel built ship gin overall over all and between perpendiculars hoi Hor breadth is to which may bo be addled added about 4 in for skin plating to give extreme breadth her depth is to the upper dock deck but above this there are lie he promenade and bont boit decks the draught dran glit of the ship whoa when loaded will be oin cm and her light draught when sho eho is completed will be aft 22 ft the weight of this thia enormous ship had and her cargo stores fittin fittings ac will be tons that i la s what is ia known as the load displacement ton ange the gross tonnage will be tons and the not net registered tori tonnage nago tons tona the vessel will carry ilist closs passengers second clam claas passengers and 1000 third elms class passengers era with the ships company of all told the graid total of 2101 2104 persons on board will be reached in recording the advent of another great steamship ones thoughts will revert to the great eastern and this is the first time since that vessel was built that it has been to peak of a new steamer as 11 the largest ever constructed it will be therefore to give borne particulars of the older ship for the P of comparison her length on the upper deck was wan 0 whilst between perpendiculars it was cosat she was shorter than tha oceanic Is I 1 T regard to breadth the great eastern far jahe tho now new white star boat being on the beam and therefore the wider of the two the depth of 0 the great eastern was but that measurement is IB from her keel to her highest deck whilst above tho the upper deel deck of tho the white star ship there is a promenade dock and a boat deck the displacement tit tho the great eastern Hn stera is generally given as 22 9 tons but we have boon unable to find dad ou out to what draught this corresponded it is said howG however ver that the weight of the ship and engines at ab the time of launching was tons the weight of iron in the bull is put down at tons and the capacity for coal and cargo iff ia stated at lola 1010 tons tong li ii wo we add the weight of the ship and engines to the latter figure we pot get a displacement of tons tona which A is somewhat greater than the that of the oceanic |