- Bruce Ismay, Chairman of the White Star Line, and Lord Pirie, chairman of Harland & Wolff shipbuilders, discussed a class of three ships that together could provide a weekly service to New York.
- Safety and comfort were to be the main features and the space saved through having smaller coal bunkers and from the hull shape having fuller lines than the Atlantic record breakers meant that additional revenue could be gained through extra cargo space.
- They were to have four funnels and two masts and suitable names were being considered such as Olympic, Titanic and Gigantic.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Index Card 26
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