As showing the great increase in the size of the firm’s vessels, it may be interesting to compare the dimensions of one of the earliest and of one of the latest built ships.
The Hercules was 212 feet long, 34 feet broad and 16 feet 6 inches deep.
The Hypatia is 452 feet long, 52 feet 2 inches broad, and 28 feet 3 inches deep.
The gross registered tonnage of the former was 1,155 tons, while that of the latter is over 5,600 tons.
The growth of the Houston Line has been a remarkably rapid one, and shows what ability and energy combined can do.
The fleet now consists of 25 steamers of a gross registered tonnage of over 90,000 tons, and with a dead weight carrying capacity of over 130,000 tons.
| Houston Line Steamers. | |||
| Halizones. | Heraclides. | Hippomenes. | Hyades. |
| Harmodius. | Herminius. | Honorius. | Hyanthes. |
| Harmonides. | Hermione. | Horatius. | Hydaspes. |
| Heliades. | Hesione. | Hortensius. | Hylas. |
| Helios. | Hesperides. | Hostilius. | Hypatia. |
| Hellenes. | Hilarius. | Hyacinthus. | Hyperia. |
| Hellopes. | |||
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