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SS Mauretania

Ship Name: Mauretania
Years in service: 1907-1935
Funnels: 4
Masts: 2
Shipping Line: Cunard
Ship Description: Built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Wall-send-on-Tyne, Newcastle, England. Tonnage: 30,696. Dimensions: 762' x 88' (790' o.l.). Quadruple-screw, 26 knots. Four steam turbines. Two masts and four funnels.
History: Launched, September 20, 1906. Passengers: 563 first, 464 second, 1,138 third. Maiden voyage: Liverpool-New York, November 16, 1907. Held the trans-Atlantic speed record, along with her sister ship for a number of years. In June 1909 she made the eastward crossing in 4 days, 17 hours and 21 minutes. Rated at 68,000 shaft horse-power. Equipped with 23 double and 2 single ended boilers working at 200 lb. pressure. In September 1928, made the Cherbourg to Ambrose Light crossing in 5 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes, a remarkable feat for a twenty-two year old liner, especially as she was at the time equipped with her original "Parson's" steam turbines. The grand old ship was finally broken up by ship-breakers at Rosyth in 1935, thus ending the career of one of the most famous and successful of Atlantic liners. Sister ship: Lusitania.

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