The Modern Liner 181 



was when the tonnage and speed of a ship 

 off the Atlantic were always considerably 

 inferior to that found upon this ocean. 

 Now with the deepening and widening of 

 the Suez Canal it is permissible to build 

 ships of 20,000 tons. 



In many cases the 20,000 tonners are 

 now driven by motor engines, but so far 

 the P. & O. and the Orient have stuck to 

 steam, whilst the R.M.S.P. and the Union 

 Castle have both swung over to the in- 

 ternal combustion engine. 



This is a book on the steamship, and 

 therefore we shall not deal with the motor 

 vessel here, but there is still another 

 development on the steamship which needs 

 noting, and by many experts it is believed 

 that the experiments now being made will 

 possibly revolutionise the whole practice 

 so far as steam is concerned. 



We referred to the turbo-electric liner 

 which the P. & O. have tried very suc- 

 cessfully in the Viceroy of India, and have 

 now coming into commission two more 



