Show i MONSTER STEAMSHIP LAUNCHED Vessel Longer Than the Great Eastern East-ern Built at Belfast Belfast Jan HThe White Star steamer Oceanic the largest steamer ever built was successfully launched at Harland Wolfs yard today in the presence of an enormous crowd A grandstand was erected to accommodate I accommo-date 5000 people Among those present were the Duke and Duchess of Aber corn Lord and Lady Dufferin the Marquis and Marchioness of London derry the Earl of Shrewsbury the Earl of Ava the Earl of Shaftesbury Sir Michael HicksBeach and the lord mayor of Belfast The Oceanic unlike the Great Eastern East-ern which was launched broadside was launched stern foremost though longer and weighing half as much again as the Great Eastern The Oceanic has a coal capacity sufficient to enable her to circumnavigate the globe at a speed of twelve knots an hour without re i coaling |