This has become a tripod structure, merging the functions of both fore and main masts, set abaft
the bridge, with none of the tracery of supporting rigging to encroach on deck space. No external
cowl ventilators or isolated deckhouses mar the symmetry of the upper decks, with their broad
terraces descending to the stern.
The amenities to be enjoyed by passengers are remarkable, and in addition to the terrace above
the lido there is much deck space round the open-air swimming-pool, all the public rooms are
air-conditioned, and special features include one of the largest laundries ever to be installed
in a ship, and a cinema theatre seating 300, every one of whom can, on account of the rake of
the deck, enjoy an unobstructed view of the screen.
The lifeboats are all carried in gravity davits and are power-driven. Thirteen coal-fired boilers
in two compartments were needed to drive the two sets of quadruple-expansion engines of the first
Caronia (launched on July 13, 1904). today, in a ship half as big again, there are but six boilers
in one compartment, oil-fired and fitted with a labyrinth of nearly 15,000 watertubes.
Whilst on North Atlantic service, the Caronia, who is the inheritor of the accumulated skill of
the many industries that played a part in her building, will provide two classes of passenger
accommodation - First Class and Cabin.
