The Modern Liner 179 



liners of roughly 20,000 tons have come 

 into service. The greatest of all her at- 

 tempts at recovery is shown in the pro- 

 vision of the Bremen and Europa. The 

 Bremen was first in service in 1929, and 

 she promptly took the speed record from 

 the splendid old Mauretania. In size the 

 Bremen and Europa are the equivalent of 

 the Aquitania and Olympic, but in point 

 of speed they are considerably in advance 

 of the Mauretania, having reached over 

 29 knots for twenty-four hours on end. 

 Both these ships secured the speed record 

 on their maiden voyage, this a remarkable 

 circumstance ; as a rule a ship taking a few 

 trips before she does her best. There are 

 one or two outstanding features of the 

 new German boats, first in that they are 

 designed on what might be called a cutter 

 model, then the huge squat funnels sug- 

 gest motor ships, but actually they are 

 turbine driven with water- tube boilers. 

 When seen in a floating dock one notices 

 at once the bulbous bows under the water 



