This form not only serves to give stability, but also increases the carrying power without lessening the speed.
While Sailor Jack and our many commercial rivals stood aghast and wondered, our friends gave us yet another order for a still longer ship, with still the same beam and power.

The vessel was named the Persian; she was 360 feet long, 34 feet beam, 24 feet 9 inches hold.
More cargo was thus carried, at higher speed.

It was only a further development of the fish form of structure.

Venice was an important port to call at.

The channel was difficult to navigate, and the Venetian class (270 feet long) was supposed to be the extreme length that could be handled here.