This section is from the book "Chambers's Concise Gazetteer Of The World", by David Patrick. Also available from Amazon: Chambers's Concise Gazetteer Of The World.
(1 nautical mile = 1.151 statute mile.)
to | Alexandria........................................... | 836 | |
,, | ,, | Athens.................................................. | 482 |
,, | ,, | Constantinople...................................... | 845 |
,, | ,, | Malta................................................ | 360 |
,, | ,, | Smyrna................................................ | 692 |
to | Calais................................................ | 23 | |
,, | ,, | Ostend................................................ | 60 |
to | Malta................................................ | 981 | |
,, | ,, | Marseilles............................................. | 694 |
,, | ,, | Port Said................................................ | 2,271 |
to | Antwerp................................................ | 122 | |
,, | ,, | Hamburg.............................................. | 300 |
,, | ,, | Rotterdam............................................. | 104 |
to | Antwerp................................................ | 240 | |
,, | ,, | Christiania............................................ | 582 |
,, | ,, | Hamburg.............................................. | 380 |
,, | ,, | Rotterdam............................................. | 217 |
to | Antwerp............................................... | 440 | |
,, | ,, | Hamburg............................................... | 480 |
,, | ,, | Rotterdam............................................ | 393 |
to | Dublin..................... | 120 | |
,, | ,, | New York............................................ | 2,980 |
,, | ,, | Quebec................................................ | 2,708 |
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 |
to | Antwerp.................................. | 343 | |
,, | ,, | Hamburg.................................. | 415 |
,, | ,, | Rotterdam.................................. | 303 |
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.
 
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