New Mm Liners
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T AST month we reported the launching from a French yard of the new and attractive Messag eries Maritimes liner Caledonien. A sister-ship, the Tahitien, has also been launched These vesse ls are the first of a series of 21 of the same class to be built in France—eight to operate under the Messageries Maritimes flag. They each have an overall length of 549 feet, a beam of 67 feet 7 inches and a gross tonnage of
10,750.
The first two launched are equip ped with twin Burmiester & Wain oil engines operating on crude oil, each of 6,000 hp. They will carry 71 first, 84 tourist, 86 third and 122 fourth class passengers at a service speed of 15 knots. (See photo PIM, July, p. 29).