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or passengers its " carrying power," in short. 

 The two can no more be fairly compared by 

 mere figures, than could a measurement by 

 pounds and one by quarts. 



Many a first-class merchant or passenger ship 

 actually weighs more and exceeds in length the 

 largest battleship. With the latter, size and 

 space cannot be the principal aim, but rather 

 strength and endurance, with speed. 



A vessel lately constructed may have a most 

 important bearing on warships of the future. 



This " turbo-motor," as it is called, with a new 

 kind of engine, has reached the unexampled 

 speed of thirty-four knots an hour ; and there 

 seems to be no reason why in time it should 

 not do much more. Such a success threatens to 

 revolutionise the life of ships at sea. 



Thus far British ships have been mainly spoken 

 of; and naturally so. Not only because a British 

 subject might be expected to put them first, but 

 because of their enormous preponderance in 

 numbers and tonnage over the ships of all other 

 Nations. 



American and German merchant-shipping has, 

 it is true, of late years made huge strides ; and 

 the last thing to be done is to underrate their 

 diligence and energy, or to wish them non- 

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