21. He then left to become a ship's doctor on a cargo liner sailing to Japan and South America. 22. Hulls 334 and 335 were a pair of 3, 364 GRT cargo liners for Prince line, as and. 23. "Empire Test " was an 8, 298 GRT cargo liner which was built by J Cockerill SA, Hoboken, Belgium. 24. The name was chosen because the conference was held aboard the passenger cargo liner of the Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie. 25. Cargo liners soon comprised " the great portion of the British merchant fleet ", the largest in the world.26. The 615-foot vessel was contract # 5 for the young company, and the first passenger-cargo liner built by the firm. 27. "' SS " Ionic " "'was a cargo liner initially in service with White Star Line from 1883 until 1900. 28. "Empire Regent " was a 9, 904 GRT cargo liner which was built by Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees. 29. All her accommodation was first class, and she remains the largest cargo liner with all first-class passenger accommodation ever built. 30. "' Mr Lowther "' A boatswain on the cargo liner to Liverpool, Mr Lowther forms an unlikely friendship with the protagonist.