Show queen mary sister ship will be more compact clydebank Cly debank scotland many new features will be incorporated in the new cunard canard white star liner no the queen marys sister ship which may be named the queen elizabeth As a result of the experience gained with the queen mary hundreds of tons of weight and thousands of cubic feet of space are being saved although the gross tonnage of the new ship will be greater than that of her predecessor her total weight or displacement may be less this fact coupled with her marked superiority in engine power is expected to make her the fastest a and nd largest passenger ship in the world there has been some delay in the delivery of materials but the builders are confident that the ship will be ready for launching early in october 1938 |