SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kaiser_Wilhelm_der_Grosse
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...........entered service in 1897. It was the first liner to have four funnels and is considered to be the first "superliner."[2] The first of four sister ships built between 1903 and 1907 by NDL (the others being SS Kronprinz Wilhelm, SS Kaiser Wilhelm II and SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie, .................
The ship began a new era in ocean travel and the novelty of having four funnels was quickly associated with size, strength, speed and above all luxury.
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