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Show si;;? launched Lusifcnix Gczs Into Ihe Water at Clyde Dsnk, Scotland. GLASGOW. June 7. The, new Cunard line steamer. Lusitapia, the world's largest liner, was successfully launched at the Clyde bank today. Hundreds of visitors from all parts of the country besides be-sides thousands of the local population witnessed the ceremony. The Luoltanla Is the first of the slant Cunarders to be launched, and her sister, the Mauritania, will follow her Into the sea about a month hence. The Lusitanla Is 790 feet lone; and her greatest breadth is 88 feet, while her depth moulded is 60H feet. Her displacement displace-ment Is about. 40,000 tons, and powerful turbine engines will drive her through the water at a- sustained speed of from 24 to 25 knots. The cabin accommodations accommoda-tions are for 550 first-class, 600 second-class second-class and 1300 third-class passengers, and the crew will number about 800. |