150 Book of Steamships 



to add that the plans for these splendid 

 10,000 tonners were actually made by 

 Sir Edward Harland in 1880, but at that 

 time the White Star were unable to go 

 forward with their building. The Majestic 

 and Teutonic were really less than 10,000 

 tons, but in the point of speed they were 

 the equals of the larger ships. Just as the 

 Paris was slightly faster than the New York, 

 the Teutonic was always claimed to be the 

 faster of the two White Star vessels, yet it 

 was the City of Paris and the Majestic which 

 seemed more often to come up against each 

 other in the fight for the speed record. 



There is a story still told of how these 

 two splendid liners started on the same 

 day from New York and kept neck and 

 neck right across the ocean until their 

 paths diverged at the beginning of the 

 channel. No better proof of their excellent 

 speed could be put forward than this so- 

 called race. 



As usual with vessels built by Harland 

 and Wolff, they were given carte blanche to 



