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MERCHANT SHIPS
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"Carmania," built 1905; length, 675 ft.; displacement, 30,000 tons; shaft horse-power, 21,000; speed, 20½ knots.

"Mauretania" and "Lusitania," built 1907; length, 785 ft.; displacement; 40,000 tons; shaft horse-power, 74,000; speed, 26 knots.


Fig. 40. Diagram showing growth in the size of Turbine-propelled Merchant Ships.