(1 nautical mile = 1.151 statute mile.)

Brindisi

to

Alexandria...........................................

836

,,

,,

Athens..................................................

482

,,

,,

Constantinople......................................

845

,,

,,

Malta................................................

360

,,

,,

Smyrna................................................

692

Dover

to

Calais................................................

23

,,

,,

Ostend................................................

60

Gibraltar

to

Malta................................................

981

,,

,,

Marseilles.............................................

694

,,

,,

Port Said................................................

2,271

Harwich

to

Antwerp................................................

122

,,

,,

Hamburg..............................................

300

,,

,,

Rotterdam.............................................

104

Hull

to

Antwerp................................................

240

,,

,,

Christiania............................................

582

,,

,,

Hamburg..............................................

380

,,

,,

Rotterdam.............................................

217

Leith

to

Antwerp...............................................

440

,,

,,

Hamburg...............................................

480

,,

,,

Rotterdam............................................

393

Liverpool

to

Dublin.....................

120

,,

,,

New York............................................

2,980

,,

,,

Quebec................................................

2,708

London

to

Adelaide................................................

11,455

,,

,,

Aden................................................

4,965

,,

,,

Alexandria.............................................

3,465

,,

,,

Antwerp................................................

184

,,

,,

Bombay................................................

6,629

,,

,,

Calcutta................................................

8,438

,,

,,

Capetown.............................................

6,291

,,

,,

Gibraltar................................................

1,299

,,

,,

Hamburg..............................................

433

,,

,,

Hobart (via Cape)................................

11,951

London

to

Hong-kong..................................

10,154

,,

,,

Madras......................................

7,668

,,

,,

Melbourne (via Brindisi and Suez Canal......................

11,940

,,

,,

Port Said..................................

3,570

,,

,,

Rotterdam..................................

192

,,

,,

Shanghai..................................

11,024

,,

,,

Singapore..................................

8,717

,,

,,

Sydney..................................

12,500

,,

,,

Wellington..................................

13,345

,,

,,

Yokohama..................................

11,956

Marseilles

to

Algiers..................................

417

,,

,,

Naples..................................

468

,,

,,

Port Said ................................................

1,508

Newcastle

to

Antwerp..................................

343

,,

,,

Hamburg..................................

415

,,

,,

Rotterdam..................................

303

Newhaven

to

Dieppe..................................

65

New York

to

Liverpool..................................

2,980

,,

,,

Queenstown................................

2,744

,,

,,

Southampton...............................

3,100

San Francisco

to

Auckland..................................

5,900

,,

,,

Honolulu..................................

2,100

,,

,,

Sydney..................

7,191

,,

,,

Yokohama..................................

4,750

Southampton

to

Capetown..................................

5,979

,,

,,

Gibraltar..................................

1,008

,,

,,

Havre..................................

106

,,

,,

Lisbon..................................

862

,,

,,

Madeira..................................

1,212

,,

,,

Natal...................

6.789

,,

,,

New York..................................

3,100

,,

,,

Teneriffe..................................

1,517

In 1895-1906 the passage from Sandy Hook to Queenstown and to Plymouth was repeatedly made in from 20 to 40 minutes over 5 days 7 hours, an average speed of over 23.50 knots.