THE BEGINNING OF THE ATLANTIC FERRY 



HARD on the heels of the Sirius was the 

 rival ship, the Great Western. When I tell 

 you that the designer of this ship was the 

 great Brunei you will not be surprised 

 to know that she was greatly in ad- 

 vance of anything turned out up to that 

 date. 



Those of you who know anything of 

 railway history will not need telling of the 

 generous fashion in which Brunei built 

 the Great Western Railway, and of 

 how the speeds on it were to exceed 

 anything attempted on the narrow gauge 

 lines. 



The Great Western Railway was being 

 laid whilst the ship of that name put to 

 sea, and we can imagine that Brunei had 



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