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was anything but a speedy boat, indeed, 

 her speed was approximately that of the 

 Majestic and Teutonic with whom she 

 shared the express service. She was, how- 

 ever, the first vessel to exceed Brunei's 

 masterpiece the Great Eastern in length. 

 The Oceanic had a length of 705! ft., a 

 beam of 68 ft., and a tonnage of 18,300. 

 Her two sets of triple expansion engines 

 produced 28,000 horse-power, and on 

 trials she ran at 20 J knots. In general 

 design she followed the Majestic and 

 Teutonic with her well spaced funnels and 

 graceful lines; indeed, the Oceanic was 

 often called the ocean yacht, so graceful 

 did she appear. 



In point of comfort and luxury she was 

 easily ahead of anything ever seen afloat. 



The next entry on the " family tree " is 

 the Baltic, 1904. Here was a much bigger 

 ship than the Oceanic, also a slower one. 

 The Baltic had a tonnage of roughly 

 24,000, and a length of 708 ft., with a beam 

 of 75 ft. Her speed was only i6J knots, 



