. Cassier's magazine. in 1819; but, in her case, steam wassimply an auxiliary to sail power, andwas utilised on only eighteen out of thethirty-five days during which the voyagelasted. The first British Atlantic steamerwas the Royal William, built at Quebecin 1831. The first Cunarder, the Britan-nia, came in 1840; the first Allan liner,the Canadian, in 1854; the first Anchorliner, the Tempest, contemporaneouslywith the first boat, the Borussia, of theHamburg-American line, in 1856; andthe pioneer of the White Star Line, theOceanic (I) in 1870. The earliest steamers were paddle-wheel ships and t
. Cassier's magazine. in 1819; but, in her case, steam wassimply an auxiliary to sail power, andwas utilised on only eighteen out of thethirty-five days during which the voyagelasted. The first British Atlantic steamerwas the Royal William, built at Quebecin 1831. The first Cunarder, the Britan-nia, came in 1840; the first Allan liner,the Canadian, in 1854; the first Anchorliner, the Tempest, contemporaneouslywith the first boat, the Borussia, of theHamburg-American line, in 1856; andthe pioneer of the White Star Line, theOceanic (I) in 1870. The earliest steamers were paddle-wheel ships and they continued in voguefor over half a century. As late as 1862the Cunard company built the Scotia—acknowledged to be the finest vessel ofher day, excepting only the Great East-ern—of that type. The first vesselfitted with a screw propeller was theFrancis B. Ogden, built in 1837. Eightyears later came the G?eat Britain, thefirst iron screw steamer to appear onthe Atlantic service. Twin screws came CASSIERS MAGAZINE. - A - x> O THE WORLDS OCEAN-GOING TRADE 7 in between i860 and 1865 to be followed with the relative development of thesoon after by triple screws, though only mercantile marine throughout the world,with partial favour. The steam turbine In 1840 we find that the British reg-passed out of the experimental stage in istered tonnage of steamships was only1894, and, after trial on the Clyde, has 95,807 tons. At the same date thebeen adopted for the new Allan liner, United States had a total registeredthe Victorian, recently launched, for (enrolled and licensed) steam tonnagethe Carmania, to be launched next year, of 202,340 tons—a figure considerablyand for the 25-knot steamers now on in excess of the British figure. Thethe stocks. steam tonnage of Great Britain, how-The year 1858 was, of course, re- ever, rose steadily and rapidly to 1,202,-markable for the advent of the Great 134 tons in 1870, at which date it passedEastern and, without dwelling further the Amer
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