ITALY: Genoa to Ambrose

When Captain Antonio Lena took the Italian Line's S. S. Conte di Savoia out of Genoa harbor last week, he wanted two things. One was to beat the average speed record for a transatlantic crossing: 27.9 knots, set by North German Lloyd's Europa in 1930. The second was to beat the Conte di Savoia's own record of six days and twelve hours from Genoa to Ambrose Channel Lightship. Five days and 20 hours later Captain Lena was a happy man. His long, lean, white ship had averaged only 27.4 knots from Genoa to the lightship, one-half knot slower than the...

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