I understand that the Queen Mary is to make a serious attempt to recapture the Blub Riband of the Atlantic in July. Her executive and engineer officers and the builders of the ship, John Brown and Ca., of Clydebank, Yare confident that she will establish a new record, states the correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph"
Last August the Queen Mary gained the Blue Riband from the French liner Normandie by making the westbound run at an average speed of 30.01 knots, and returning from the Ambrose Light, New York, to Bishop's Rock—the official "Blue Riband course—at an average of 30.63 knots.
In March -of this year the French ship. recaptured the trophy by a magnificent eastward run at an average of 30.99 knots.
The Queen Mary underwent a refit at Southampton in January, and two of the four propellers were replaced by "ow ones for experimental purposes, So successful. has been the test that the other pair of propellers is to be replaced this month.
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