Sporting and Athletic Records

SHIP RECORDS 273 Southampton to New York (Needles to Sandy Hook, adding for difference in time) Distance Time Average Speed Ship Line Date Knots D. H. M. Knots per hour 3,046 6 031 21-08 St. Paul American Aug.'96 3,042 61032 19*68 Fiirst Bismarck Hamburg Sept.'94 — 6 2 1 2 2 — S p r e e N . G e r m . A u g . ' 9 1 Lloyd New York to Southampton (Sandy Hook to Needles, deducting for difference in time) Distance Time Average Speed Ship Line Date Knots D. H. M. Knots per hour — 6 1 1 1 2 — N e w Y o r k A m e r i c a n A u g . ' 9 4 3,055 61055 i 978 Fiirst BismarckHamburg Sept.'93 — 6 19 3 — Havel N. Germ. Aug.'91 Lloyd Route Havre to New York New York to Havre Other Transatlantic Routes Time Average Speed Ship D. H. M. Knots per hour ( La Touraine Date Queenstown to Philadelphia Philadelphia 1 to Queenstown ) j 6 1 8 0 j 7 8 29 n t 0 i 8 1 4 2 m ) 8 12 12 1 i^ i / T , o "•'S I (French lino) ! J Ul >" 892 1 n - ' 88 ' 18