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1838
- Sirius 8 knots in 18
days.
1894
- Lucania 22 knots in 6 days.
1850
- 1898 England's Cunard, White Star and Guion lines
dominated.
1900
Kaiser Wilhem
der Grosse and Deutschland shattered the British monopoly.
1898
- Norddeutscher Lloyd's Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse Germany
-
Hapag's Deutschland
-
NDL's Kronprinz
Wilhelm
1907
- Lusitania
1909
- Mauretania
Cunard
1929
- Bremen,
Europa
and Italy's Rex
29 knots
1935
- Normandie
just under 30 knots
1938
- Britain's Queen Mary over 30 knots (Cunard White Star line).
1952
- SS United States
1986
- Virgin
Atlantic Challenger - Richard Branson (attempt not
officially recognised)
1990
- Hoverspeed Great Britain - 74m (243ft) catamaran -
average speed of 36.65 knots.
1998
- CAT-LINK V -
41.284 knots, 91.3 meter (300
feet) Scandlines catamaran.
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