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in speed and comfort were unsurpassed 

 in their heyday. 



Another liner with three funnels was 

 also rejected. This was a big German- 

 built ship which could not reach her 

 stipulated speed. For more than a dozen 

 years she lay practically derelict, costing 

 quite a lot of money for what attention 

 was needed, such as repainting and up- 

 keep generally. Then a French company 

 heard of her and sent an expert to look 

 over the rejected liner. He was satisfied, 

 that, re-conditioned, she would be just 

 the ship for a South American service; 

 thus the rejected of the North Atlantic 

 lived to be the fastest liner in the 

 South Atlantic, doing years of good ser- 

 vice until she reached the shipbreaker's 

 yard. 



A liner which is sold out of service has 

 usually two alternatives before her; either 

 a direct trip to the breaker-up or else, 

 under another name a long spell of service 

 in a humbler capacity. 



