The largest and in many respects the highest type of marine architecture is to be found in the modern ocean greyhound for transatlantic trade. In recent years the rival companies have vied with each other in the effort to excel, and steamships of larger size, greater speed, and more perfect equipment have followed each other, until it would seem that the limit had been reached. In the accompanying table the largest and most recent steamers are placed in comparison with the "Great Eastern."

Name of Ship.

Date.

Length over All.

Beam.

Depth.

Draught.

Displacement.

Maximum Speed.

Feet.

Feet.

Feet.

Feet.

Tons.

Knots.

Great Eastern

1858

692

83

57 1/2

25 1/2

27,000

12

Paris

1888

560

63

42

26 1/2

13,000

20

Teutonic................

1890

585

57 1/2

42

26

12,000

20

Campania...............

1893

625

65

41 1/2

28

19,000

22

St. Paul.................

1895

554

63

42

27

14,000

21

Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.

1897

649

66

43

29

20,000

22.35

Oceanic

1899

704

68

49

32 1/2

28,500

20

Deutschland

1900

686 1/2

67 1/2

44

29

22,000

23.5

Baltic

1904

725 3/4

75

49

30 1/2

40,000

20