REAL PHOTOGRAPH, PRINTED IN ENGLAND, much information about the ships on back of each card
Great Britain
THE ROYAL EAGLE steaming right
back:- ROYAL EAGLE - THE NEW LUXURY PLEASURE STEAMER ROYAL EAGLE, BUILT BY MESSRS. CAMMELL LAIRD & CO. FOR THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD. IN 1932, UNDERGOING HER TRIALS IN THE MERSEY. SHE IS 1538 TONS GROSS, 290 FT. LONG, 69 FT. BROAD, 3,000 H.P. AND ATTAINED A SPEED OF 18 1/2 KNOTS (EQUAL TO ABOUT 21 MILES PER HOUR), OIL FIRED AND CARRIES 1987 PASSENGERS. FROM MAY TILL SEPTEMBER SHE LEAVES TOWER PIER FOR SOUTHEND, MARGATE AND RAMSGATE DAILY, EXCEPT FRIDAYS. FOR INFORMATION TELEPHONE ROYAL 3200.
