Murder On the Marmora (2013)
“The first time that he saw her, George Porter Dillman felt as if he had somehow been let down. After the Cunard liners on which he had regularly crossed the Atlantic, the Marmora looked curiously small and unimpressive. Built in 1903, she was the first P&O vessel to exceed ten thousand gross tons but that meant she was still only a third of the size of the Lusitania and the Mauretania, so beloved by Dillman, who had been fortunate enough to sail on the maiden voyages of both ships. While the tw...o massive Cunarders each carried over three thousand people aboard, the Marmora had little more than nine hundred. Nor could the P&O ship hope to match them for pace. The greyhounds of the seas could achieve a maximum speed of over twenty-six knots. At full pelt, the Marmora could only edge above eighteen knots and was more comfortable at an unhurried fourteen or fifteen.
It was, Dillman realized, unfair to measure the smaller ship against two giants of oceanic travel. He was not comparing like with like.MoreLess
It was, Dillman realized, unfair to measure the smaller ship against two giants of oceanic travel. He was not comparing like with like.MoreLess
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