R.M.S. "MAURETANIA", Cunard Line, United Kingdom. Postcard

R.M.S. MAURETANIA
Cunard Line

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RMS Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the launch of RMS Olympic in 1910. Mauretania departed Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York on 16 November 1907, and on the return voyage (30 November – 5 December 1907) captured the record for the fastest eastbound crossing of the Atlantic. During the First World War, Mauretania was ordered by the British government to serve as a troop ship to carry British soldiers during the Gallipoli campaign. She returned to civilian service on 21 September 1919. The ship being scrapped in Rosyth, Scotland, in 1935.

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