1907. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. One of her prime features was the Verandah Caf, situated in the aft part of the superstructure. Seven months later, Mauretania once again became a troop ship late in 1916 when requisitioned by the Canadian government to carry Canadian troops from Halifax to Liverpool. When RMS Mauretania first set sail on 16 November 1907 from Liverpool to New York, she was the Cunard company's most luxurious ocean liner. The local town council sent a telegram to the ship stating, "Still the finest ship on the seas." Powered byWPDesigned with the Customizr Theme. The rapid emergence of German liners as the North Atlantic champions of both speed and luxury left the British shipping industry in a state of shock. Published by Patrick Stephens, 1970 (p. 207). On the withdrawal of the first Mauretania in 1935, to prevent a rival company using the name and to keep it available for the new liner, arrangements were made for the Red Funnel paddle steamer [31], After Great Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, Mauretania made a dash for safety in Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving on 6 August. She was taken out of service and her engines were adjusted to produce more power to give a higher service speed; however, this was still not enough. A. Booth, who organised a vigil for the Titanic victims. Scrapping is often hastened by low charter rates, making it difficult for owners to make a profit from . Both Olympic and Titanic offered swimming pools, Turkish baths, a gymnasium, a squash court, large reception rooms, la Carte restaurants separate from the dining saloons, and many more staterooms with private bathroom facilities than their two Cunard rivals. The Mauretania entered the waves only a month later on November 16, 1907, but did not achieve the prize due to bad weather. Many examples of the liner's fixtures and fittings exist in private collections as well, including large sections of moulding, panelling, ceilings and samples of her turbine blades. For this guise the ship was painted white. This was a common practice for large passenger ships at the time, since the belief was that in busy shipping lanes help would always be nearby and the few boats available would be adequate to ferry all aboard to rescue ships before a sinking. [24], Lusitania did not carry enough lifeboats for all her passengers, officers and crew on board at the time of her maiden voyage (carrying four lifeboats fewer than Titanic would carry in 1912). Not to be confussed with the RMS Mauretania from 1906 (sister ship to the Lusitania), this ship was the successor to the previous Mauretania. She was the world's largest ship until the completion of RMS Olympic in 1911 as well as the fastest until Bremen 's maiden voyage in 1929. [16][18] Wood panelling for her first class public rooms was supposedly carved by three hundred craftsmen from Palestine but this seems unlikely, unnecessary and was probably executed by the yard or subcontracted, as were the majority of the second and third class areas. It was clear that the Germans would not stand a chance in competition for the desirable Blue Ribbon. Class of Passengers: Cabin Class. A boilerman was a more skilled role, with some responsibility for managing the operation of the boiler. She was eventually laid up in late September of 1934, and was subsequently sold for scrap. The Mauretania underwent this refit and in three months in 1915 she shipped over 10,000 soldiers to Greece. [36] In 1923, a major refitting was begun in Southampton. Germany came to dominate the Atlantic, and by 1906 they had five four-funnel superliners in service, four of them owned by North German Lloyd. The British government was to loan 2,600,000 (252million in 2015)[5] for the construction of the ships, at an interest rate of 2.75%, to be paid back over twenty years, with a stipulation that the ships could be converted to armed merchant cruisers if needed. Some parts of her interior where salvaged during and after scrapping and placed in the Mauretania Room at West County Center Mall in Des Peres . In the rest of her lifetime, the Mauretania made several Booze Cruises from the Americas. The ship's bell is in the reception of the Lloyd's Register, Fenchurch Street, London. In medical service the vessel was painted white with buff funnels and large medical cross emblems[34] surrounding the vessel and possibly illuminated signs starboard and port. CU Of burner. But while the logistics difficulties mounted, something odd happened. [1] On 23 December 1907, Mauretania was again at New York City and moored to Pier 54 in the North River when a squall with high winds struck, causing mooring posts on Pier 54 to give way. we gained in prices about 70% increase . The climax of two love stories and a thriller comes as the ship approaches New York on her maiden voyage. [18] A series of elevators, then a rare new feature for liners, with grilles composed of the relatively new lightweight aluminium, were installed next to Mauretania's walnut grand staircase. The British commission that had investigated the sinking of Titanic in 1912 heard testimony on the flooding of coal bunkers lying outside longitudinal bulkheads. In 1929, Mauretania collided with a train ferry near Robbins Reef Light. [citation needed]. Another scale model of Mauretania is displayed at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne. CU. Damage to the ship was minimal; she was repaired in the new Gladstone drydock and returned to service two months later. it costs a lot to maintain them. Then the Mauretania sailed to meet her fate. The engines would bring their power to four huge, three bladed propellers. On one of her westward voyages, the Mauretania averaged 26.06 knots, a record that would stand the test of twenty years. Furthermore, the ship's stability was insufficient for the bulkhead arrangement used: flooding of only three coal bunkers on one side could result in negative metacentric height. This is what gave the ships the right to carry the letters R.M.S. [6][7], Mauretania and Lusitania were both designed by Cunard naval architect Leonard Peskett, with Swan Hunter and John Brown working from plans for an ocean greyhound with a stipulated service speed of twenty-four knots in moderate weather, as per the terms of her mail subsidy contract. Shot of. Although this book is advertised as a photographic history, J. Kent Layton provides an in-depth look at the ship from design and inception to scrapping. In March 1922, she re-entered service and slowly progressed her way from her pedestrian pace to her old speed. Another thing the Mauretania could be proud of was her spacious cabins; especially noteworthy were the second class rooms. The ship served civilian and military service from 1907 to 1934. Feb 14, 2021 - This Pin was discovered by Rfrailejust. The story continues way beyond the scrapping of this famous ship, and tells of what happened to the many pieces which were stripped out of the ship before demolition. In order to carry the launch through properly with such a large vessel, had a 47.5 feet long model of the ships hull been launched and tested upon. Its last crossing was made in 1934, and it was broken up in 1935. [citation needed], It was during these years her promenade was enclosed. Swan Hunter Wigham Richardson Passenger Cargo Ship Mauretania Tuberose Wallsend 1907. . RMS Mauretania (1938), launched in 1938 and scrapped in 1965. Bremen represented a new generation of ocean liners that were far more powerful and technologically advanced than the aging Cunard liner. sfn error: no target: CITEREFTitanic_Inquiry (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFHackettBedford1996 (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFSimpson1972 (. [37] One of her former captains, the retired commodore Sir Arthur Rostron, captain of RMSCarpathia during the Titanic rescue, came to see her on her final departure from Southampton. On the 18th. [48] The neon sign made for the 1937 opening on the south wall still advertises Mauretania and her bow lettering was used above the entrance. The Mauretania appears in The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures episode "Posh Mice" in which the title characters travel among the mice and rat passengers on the ship's maiden voyage and thwart a steward's attempts to steal two Italian immigrants' papers and life savings during the voyage. It contains information about, and images of, the ships the R.M.S. Now the Mauretania was alone. She was then laid up at Southampton, her twenty-eight years of service at a close. [13] Mauretania's usage of the steam turbine was the largest application yet of the then-new technology, developed by Charles Algernon Parsons. Scrapping Twenty-eight years of service came to an end when Cunard White Star pulled Mauretania from service in 1934. The ship's name was taken from the ancient Roman province of Mauretania on the northwest African coast, not the modern Mauritania to the south. No-one was killed or injured and her damage was quickly repaired. But until the very end of her days, you could read Mauretania Liverpool under her stern. She was one of the first ships built for the newly formed Cunard-White Star company following the merger in April 1934 of the Cunard and White Star Line. Till her captain turns the lever 'neath his hand. (Original Neg.) (The low figures because of fog in the beginning of the voyage.) The luxury liner was famous for its speed, for many years holding the record for the . Maiden Voyage by Roger Harvey, New Generation (2017), The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures, "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation, "TIP Titanic Related Ships Mauretania Cunard Line", "Nostalgia: Cunard's super ship RMS Mauretania", "Why we are known as "The Friendliest Port" The Ambler", "Mauretania back on the market News Bristol 24/7", "Step aboard Dorset's most unusual holiday home", Paul Moloney, "Toronto's Lusitania model bound for Halifax", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RMS_Mauretania_(1906)&oldid=1118289373, 28.5 knots (52.8km/h; 32.8mph) (24 knots (44km/h; 28mph) design service speed), Largest ship in the world from 19071910. It took one year to fully scrap the giant ship, erasing it completely . For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. This masterpiece of British engineering was not only claimed to be fast, large and beautiful. by publication or display at an exhibition) and which was taken more than 70 years ago (before 1 January 1952); or Such as png, jpg, animated gifs, pic art, symbol, blackandwhite, pics, etc. In 1934 Cunard decided to put the Mauretania out of service, and the great ship was sold to a scrap-yard at Rosyth. Lusitania and Mauretania both featured straight prows in contrast to the angled prows of the Olympic liners. Approximately 30 miles north of Newcastle is the small seaport of Amble, Northumberland. Photo of the original three-bladed propellers. View Timeline Originally with a black hull, it was repainted to show her white cruising paint scheme in the 1930s after it was gifted to the RMS Queen Mary by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.[52]. RMS Mauretania 2 liner souvenir, Cunard White Star memorabilia, 1949 New York City souvenir Empire State Building ad vertisement by Histoires Ad from shop Histoires Histoires From shop Histoires. http://www.britishpathe.tv/FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/British Path also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. [10] At the time of her launch, she was the largest moving structure ever built,[11] and slightly larger in gross tonnage than Lusitania. The beautifully-crafted 1:64 . The back has no markings. In the late 1950s the ships popularity began to wane, and the Mauretania was scrapped in 1965. 3, 39. harvnb error: no target: CITEREFPiouffre2009 (. Cunard Line. A terrible fire engulfs the forward storage area but it is brought under control. But that would not last forever. Ultimately, there will come a time when a cruise ship. Media in category "Interior of Mauretania (ship, 1906)" The following 57 files are in this category, out of 57 total. Alternate titles: Grand Old Lady of the Atlantic, This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mauretania-ship-1906-1935. In 1923 the Mauretania was turned into a cruise ship, her hull painted white just as it had been during her hospital ship service in the war. [50] At least not the passenger ships, and certainly not the Cunard Lines vessels. RMS. LONDON, April 2. Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir list . [25], Mauretania departed Liverpool on her maiden voyage on 16 November 1907 under the command of Captain John Pritchard, and on the return voyage (30 November 5 December 1907) captured the record for the fastest eastbound crossing of the Atlantic,[1] with an average speed of 23.69 knots (43.87km/h; 27.26mph). This was not acceptable for the Cunard Line, whose greatest liner was the Campania with 13,000 tons and 620 feet in length. Date of Departure: 15 July 1954. The RMS Mauretania was an ocean liner owned and operated by the Cunard Line. 5 out of 5 stars (1,269) $ 26.34. Mauretania (2) The Mauretania (2), the largest ship to be constructed in an English shipyard at the time, was the first liner to be built for the newly formed Cunard White Star Line. [9], In 1906, Mauretania was launched by the Duchess of Roxburghe. Originally a model of Lusitania, it was converted to represent Mauretania after Lusitania was torpedoed. Before the final voyage to the breaker's yard, an auction of the Mauretania 's appointments was conducted at the Southampton docks by Hampton & Sons in May 1935. Interior of the R.M.S. After capturing the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing during her . The passengers loved her, and she was nicknamed The Grand Old Lady. Mauretania's turbines were dismantled. The main visual differences between Mauretania and Lusitania were that Mauretania was five feet longer and had different vents. Mauretania, transatlantic passenger liner of the Cunard Line, called the Grand Old Lady of the Atlantic. It was launched in 1906 and made its maiden voyage in 1907; thereafter, it held the Atlantic Blue Riband for speed until 1929, challenged only by its sister ship, the Lusitania (sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915). In 1929, the Mauretania finally lost the Blue Riband to the German liner Bremen. [41] On 19 November 1930, Mauretania rescued 28 people and the ship's cat of the Swedish cargo ship Ovidia which foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740km; 460mi) south east of Cape Race, Newfoundland. "The Lost Ships of Robert Ballard," Thunder Bay Press: 2005; pp. In 1917, she was laid up and was not in the immediate danger of the enemies. The Captain shaking hands with a dignitary. On her way to be scrapped, Mauretania stopped at the mouth of Tyne, the place where she had been built, and said goodbye to the workers that had once made her 28 years ago. On July 28th 1938, she named the ship Mauretania, a name that naturally brought the legendary Blue Riband-holder to everybody's mind. On 25th July 1922, Mauretania eclipsed her pre-war transatlantic speed record with an average speed above 26 knots. She was the world's largest and fastest ship until the launch of the RMS Olympic in 1911. Answer (1 of 2): Titanic and her sisters were significantly larger than other ships of the era. Of course, First Class passengers travelled in style but there had been major improvements to the quality of Third-Class accommodation, too. On one crossing in 1922 the ship managed an average speed of only 19 knots (35km/h; 22mph). Annually for Remembrance Day, Lloyds Register observe two minutes of silence and lay a wreath at its base in honour of servicemen and women. The works were being extended in the mid-late 1930's, a period which corresponds with Maury's scrapping in 1935. However, in 1921, Cunard removed her from service when fire broke out on E deck and decided to overhaul the ship. the 1912 advancement was obsolete and retrofit would be more than what a 24-year-old boat was worth. The Clive Cussler Isaac Bell novel The Thief is set aboard Mauretania. On one voyage she only managed to average slightly over 17 knots. Mauretania remained in service until 1934 when Cunard White Star retired her; scrapping commenced in 1935. It is still in its original color scheme. One of the funnels is being removed. Unissued / Unused material -Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland.VS The Liner ship 'Mauretania' being broken up in a breaker's yard. [38] In May 1924, the ship returned to Atlantic service. Ocean liners of the past: the Cunard express liners Lusitania and Mauretania. The rest of their lifeboat accommodations were supplemented with 26 collapsible lifeboats, 18 stored directly beneath the regular lifeboats and eight on the after deck. Mauretania and Lusitania were the only ships with direct-drive steam turbines to hold the Blue Riband; in later ships, reduction-geared turbines were mainly used. On her westward voyage she managed 26.9 knots in average, and on the eastward 27.22. Even though she could not match the former Riband-holders, she was a spacious and comfortable vessel who became loved and celebrated by her passengers and crew. R.N.R., Rtd.) This is one of about eighty travel brochures, maps, railway time tables, postcards and guidebooks collected by Miss Olive Oliver during her round-the-world tour of the United States of RM 2F8DP5F - AJAXNETPHOTO. Mauretania. MT 15/354 SHIPS' NAMES - "M": "Mauretania" O.N.124093 - Turbine failure, Foamite fire extinguishers 1921-1922 MT 15/354 TURBINES: Failure L.P. ahead - "Mauretania" O.N. Oxford University Press, p. 174. RMS Aquitania was sold for scrap in 1950. The Mauretania in 1930s cruising paint. The MAURETANIA made one last voyage to the Far East from Liverpool to Singapore on 26th June 1946. When Mauretanias older sister Lusitania entered service she snatched the Blue Riband from the Germans (who would not see a sight of the trophy for over twenty years) on her second voyage. Records an exceptionally innovative and successful ship from concept, through design, building, and service in piece and war. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). On the eastward she managed 27.92. On 26 January 1914, while Mauretania was in the middle of annual refit in Liverpool, four men were killed[30][self-published source] and six injured when a gas cylinder exploded while they were working on one of her steam turbines. Ship scrapping prices took off. No need to register, buy now! It was intended that the large passenger vessels would sail as cruisers on the sea carrying heavy artillery and marine soldiers. Mauretania was transporting Titanic's cargo manifest carried by registered mail. Other panels and fittings were used to decorate the foyer and auditorium areas of the now defunct Windsor Cinema in Carluke. RM HNPY41 - RMS Mauretania RF KXDH4Y - The 'Mauretania' just after the Launch. Modern ships have a lifespan of 25 to 30 years before corrosion, metal fatigue and a lack of parts render them uneconomical to operate. When measured in 1897, SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was able to reach a top speed of 22 knots (25 mph). Corrections? 1931. Both Lusitania and Mauretania were launched and had been in service for several years before Olympic, Titanic and Britannic were ready for the North Atlantic run. Like so many other ships of her day it was believed that she was unsinkable. Photo courtesy of Photoship. This showed in Mauretanias later performances in a very favourable way. And the monstrous nine-decked city goes to sea. This UK artistic or literary work, of which the author is unknown and cannot be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, is in the public domain because it is one of the following: . A second ocean liner with the name Mauretania was launched in 1938 by the Cunard White Star Line. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Halfway through the overhaul, the shipyard workers went on strike and the work was halted, so Cunard had the ship towed to Cherbourg, France, where the work was completed at another shipyard. After her war service, she was repainted in a drab grey scheme and finally full Cunard livery by the middle of 1919. Tonnage: 30,696 Funnels: Two masts and four funnels Dimensions: 762' long x 88' wide (790' Overall Length). The mayor bade her farewell from the people of Newcastle, and her last captain, A. T. Brown, then resumed his course for Rosyth. By then, Harland and Wolff gave the White Star . Route: Southampton to New York Via Le Havre and Cobh. (9086178070).jpg 1,000 809; 668 KB. The front is marked as follows: R.M.S. Shippers from around the world are still sending old ships on their final voyage to Mauritania. At around the same time the American financier J. P. Morgan's International Mercantile Marine Co. was attempting to monopolise the shipping trade, and had already acquired Britain's other major transatlantic line, RMS Mauretania, one of the most famous ships to be built on Tyneside, was launched amid great fanfare in 1906. The ship that held the Blue Riband of the Atlantic was Germanys Deutschland, who had managed to cross the Atlantic with an average speed of about 22 knots. "Mauretania" is a photographic album held by the DeGolyer Library, at Southern Methodist University. [56] The song starts "In 19 hundred and 24, I got a job on the Mauretania"; but then goes on to say "shovelling coal from morn till night" (not possible in 1924 as she was oil-fired by then). She was also the largest and fastest ship in the world at the time. Learn how your comment data is processed. View in AR RMS Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson for the British Cunard Line, and launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. [1] In December 1911, as in New York City in December 1910, Mauretania broke loose from her moorings while in the River Mersey and sustained damage that caused the cancellation of her special speedy Christmas voyage to New York. The ships name "Mauretania" pan to see the bridge and the then rest of the ship as she leaves Southampton Dock for the last time. The Lusitania and Mauretania were commissioned by the Cunard Line in response to the large liners owned by the Hamburg-Amerika and Norddeutscher Lloyd Lines. December 1966 she arrived at Valencia in Spain for scrapping. http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=50886, http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2011/10/20/only-bell-from-the-mauretania-to-remain-in-private-hands-to-be-offered-in-maritime -sale-100252-29627342/, Pinewood With Peter (Seeking out MAURETANIA in Movieland) | MaritimeMatters | Cruise ship news and ocean liner history. Her busy sailing schedule prevented her from having an extensive overhaul scheduled in 1920. The ship's interior was designed by the architect Harold Peto, and her public rooms were fitted out by two notable London design houses Ch. In a month her funnels were gone. Length 785 feet, Beam 88 feet, Depth 60 feet 6 inches, Displacement 45,000 tons, Horse-. She is flying. Peskett's original configuration for the ships in 1902 was a three-funnel design, when reciprocating engines were destined to be the powerplant. Rockets were fired from her bridge,[44][self-published source] messages relayed, and she was boarded by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle. You will find the Mauretania at the quay, Data: September 20, 1906 Newcastle: Launched (4.40 p.m.) by the Dowager Duchess of Roxburgh. RMS Aquitania was a British ocean liner of the Cunard Line in service from 1914 to 1950. [citation needed], In 1930, with a combination of the Great Depression and newer competitors on the Atlantic run, Mauretania became a dedicated cruise ship[40] running six day cruises from New York to Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As we all know, the war ended in 1918, but the Mauretanias war duties was not over until 1919, when she had shipped the last soldiers to their homes. Your email address will not be published. It may not display this or other websites correctly. A demand these new ships had from the government was that they should be built so that they easily could be refitted as war ships in the event of hostilities. [4] According to a Channel 4 programme about coast properties the whole of the Second Class drawing room from the ship form the interior of a white and blue house overlooking Poole Harbour; the drawing room is overlooked by a balustraded circular veranda which is also original. Non-ferrous metals are similarly disposed off with machinery and . It was on August 6, 1939 that the Mauretania arrived in London 's King George V Dock . Mauretania is also mentioned in Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Secret of the Machines": The boat-express is waiting your command! Williams, Trevor. Mauretania went partially adrift, and her bow swung around and struck several barges which were bringing her coal and taking off ashes; the barges Roan and Tomhicken and the boats Eureka 32 and Eureka 36 were damaged and the barge Ellis P. Rogers was lost. [citation needed], With their increased size the Olympic-class liners could offer many more amenities than Lusitania and Mauretania. Aquitania was the third in Cunard Line's grand trio of express liners, preceded by RMS Mauretania and RMS Lusitania, and was the last surviving four-funnelled ocean liner. In 1934 Cunard decided to put the Mauretania out of service, and the great ship was sold to a scrap-yard at Rosyth. In a quick change of events Cunard rescheduled Mauretania's voyage for Lusitania, which had just returned from New York, under the command of Captain James Charles. A GLEAMING brass bell which once rang out on one of the greatest ships of all time is to go up for sale. The second scheme was the more geometric design commonly referred to as "dazzle"; this design, applied by July 1918, was mostly several dark blues and greys with some black. In December of 1910 while getting ready for another voyage, Mauretania broke loose from her moorings and sustained light damage that caused the cancellation of her Christmas voyage to New York. Showing dome (9086178320).jpg 3,221 4,096; 5.48 MB. (439) $72.99 FREE shipping. [2] Similar nomenclature was also employed by Mauretania's running mate Lusitania, which was named after the Roman province directly north of Mauretania, across the Strait of Gibraltar[2] in Portugal. 1862 1904 / An unusually long-lived vessel, Cunards Scotia was a speed queen of her age and saw a second life as a cable-laying ship. [55], Mauretania is remembered in a song, "The fireman's lament" or "Firing the Mauretania", collected by Redd Sullivan. In 1914, the Cunard duo expanded into a trio, when the 45,000-tonner Aquitania entered service. By 6:30 am she passed the entrance to the Metal Industries yards under the command of Pilot Captain Whince. The crowd of thousands of people greeted the beloved ship with their presence, and the ship fired rockets from the bridge. But after the Titanic disaster had occurred in 1912, the Mauretania was, like the Olympic, fitted with lifeboats for all aboard. The first camouflage scheme, applied early in March 1918, was curvilinear in nature and largely broad areas of olive with blacks, greys and blues. In 1929, a new German liner, the Bremen, with a hundred thousand horsepower, finally took the trophy from the grand old lady when averaging 27.87 knots on her maiden westward voyage. It is so fascinating to read about old historic ships. Ship-breaking (also known as ship recycling, ship demolition, ship dismantling, or ship cracking) is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap. On her way to be scrapped, Mauretania stopped at the mouth of Tyne, the place where she had been built, and said goodbye to the workers that had once made her 28 years ago. This is when Mr Avery bought the fittings for the Met in Bristol. The MAURETANIA returned briefly to the North Atlantic, sailing from Liverpool on 5th February 1946 bound for Halifax with the first group of Canadian war brides (400 wives and 364 babies ! In 1897 the German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the largest and fastest ship in the world. It appears to be in mint condition as pictured. [19] The multi-level first-class dining saloon of straw oak was decorated in Francis I style and topped by a large dome skylight. [6] Further funding was acquired when the Admiralty arranged for Cunard to be paid an additional sum per year to their mail subsidy. As this was the time for liner oil conversions, the Mauretania left coal behind and welcomed oil as her new means of drift. However, Cunard was determined to regain dominance in ocean travel and, in 1902, agreed the construction of two replacement vessels. Mauretania had her last public inspection on 8 July, a Sunday with 20,000 in attendance, with the monies raised going to local charities. [14] During speed trials, these engines caused significant vibration at high speeds; in response, Mauretania received strengthening members aft and redesigned propellers before entering service, which reduced vibration.
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