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British Boats. | Owners. | |
*Connaught, Leinster, Munster, Ulster, all 23 1/2 knots | 4 | City of Dublin Steam Packet Co. |
Empress Queen 22, Pr. of Wales 21, Queen Vict'ia 21 | 3 | Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. |
France 21 1/2, Sussex, Tamise, Manche, all 21 1/4,Arundel | 5 | London, B. &. S. C. Railway. |
Brighton (turbine engines)....................... | 1 | London B. & S. C. Railway. |
Banshee 21, Cambria, Anglia, Hibernia, Scotia | 4 | London & North-Western Railway. |
Britannia, Cambria, Westward Ho................. | 3 | P. A. Campbell, Ltd. |
La Marguerite 20 1/2, Royal Sovereign............... | 2 | Fairfield S. & E. Co., Ltd. |
King Edward (turbine engines), Queen Alexandra. . . | 2 | John Williamson. |
Total...................... | 24 | |
Foreign Boats. | ||
Belgian Government : 3, 22 kts.; 3, 21 kts..... | 6 | Dover - Ostend Service. |
Cie. des Chemins de Fer du Nord of France......... | 2 | Dover - Calais Service. |
Zeeland Steamship Co. of Holland | 3 | Queensborough - Flushing Service. |
Central Railroad Co., New Jersey, U.S...... | 1 | New York - -The Highlands. |
Total.............. | 12 |
* The four fastest short-trip steamers in the world.
- Whittaker's Almanac.
 
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