Three New Ships for the European Service The Jocal offices of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha have kindly sent us the following information, just received from their head office in Tokio, regarding new liners, at present under construction, which are to be placed on the company's European service:—
The str. Hakone Maru, which is to be the latest addition to the N.- Y.K. European fleet, is now under construction at the Mitsu-Bishi Dockyard & Engine Works at Nagasaki. The principal dimensions of this liner are as follows:—length over all 515_ ft. breadth moulded 62 ft. Gross tonnage 10,000 tons: knots. Accommodation has been provided for about 120 first class, 56 second class and 180 third class (in all 356) passengers. She is driven by Parson's turbines with reduction gear. Every modern. improvement in the shipbuilding art and architecture and safety apphanoes known to science have been embodied in the construction of this ship.
The public rooms include social hall, smoking room, verandah, cafe, and children's room; and the passenger accommodation varies from a single berth room to a suite of rooms of a very luxurious character. All cabins are furnished and equipped in a style that leaves nothing to be desired.
It is expected that the Hakone Maru will be completed about the end of October. With her advent into the service, a marked improvement will be witnessed in the shipping and travelling—facilities between Japan and Europe wid Suez. The Haruna Maru and Asama Maru, two sister ships of the Hakone Maru, also under construction, will be added to the fleet of European liners at no distant date.
The Hakone Maru is, upon_her completion, to replace the Kaga Maru and' is now provisionally scheduled to sail from Shanghai for Europe on December 5, sailing from Yokohama on November 25.
The Haruna Maru and the Asama Maru are to replace the Maha Maru and Sado Maru, now on the company's European run, upon their completion.
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