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she was sold to the Dutch and broken up 

 in 1921. 



The next entry on the " family tree " is 

 the Campania, 1892. The Cunard were 

 not content to let the Blue Riband be held 

 for any length of time by their rivals, and 

 thus they laid down the Campania and 

 Lucania, which had a length of 620 ft., a 

 beam of 67 J ft., and a tonnage of 12,950. 

 Here it will be noticed was a substantial 

 advance within four years of the " Cities ' 

 and the two White Star vessels already 

 mentioned coming into service. A speed 

 of 22 knots was demanded, and both vessels 

 were able to exceed it. The two sets of 

 engines for driving the twin screws had 

 each five cylinders. 



These two ships quickly showed that 

 they were the fastest mercantile vessels 

 afloat, and they became very great fa- 

 vourites. Outwardly they resembled the 

 White Star fliers rather than the " Cities ", 

 but everyone commented upon the huge 

 size of their two funnels. The Lucania was 



