RMS Mauretania (1906)

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RMS Mauretania (1906) was a famous British ocean liner renowned for holding the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing for over two decades and symbolizing early 20th-century luxury sea travel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ocean liner ⓘ
passenger ship ⓘ
steamship ⓘ
awarded Royal Mail Ship prefix ⓘ
beam 26.8 m ⓘ
88 ft ⓘ
BlueRibandHeldFrom 1909 ⓘ
BlueRibandHeldUntil 1929 ⓘ
builder Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson ⓘ
category Blue Riband holders ⓘ
Ships built on the River Tyne ⓘ
class Cunard express liner ⓘ
completionDate 1907-10-24 ⓘ
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom ⓘ
crewComplement over 800 crew ⓘ
deckCount multiple passenger decks ⓘ
designFeature four funnels ⓘ
turbine propulsion designed by Charles Parsons ⓘ
enteredService 1907 ⓘ
fate scrapped at Rosyth ⓘ
flag Red Ensign ⓘ
linked to: British Red Ensign
grossTonnage about 31,938 GRT ⓘ
heldTitle Blue Riband ⓘ
homePort Liverpool ⓘ
hullMaterial steel ⓘ
launchDate 1906-09-20 ⓘ
lengthOverall 240 m ⓘ
790 ft ⓘ
maidenVoyage 1907-11-16 ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 26 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Mauretania (Roman province) ⓘ
linked to: Roman Mauretania
notableFor fastest transatlantic crossings ⓘ
luxurious early 20th-century ocean travel ⓘ
operator Cunard Line ⓘ
owner Cunard Line ⓘ
passengerCapacity over 2,000 passengers ⓘ
portOfRegistry Liverpool ⓘ
propulsion quadruple-screw ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
recordType eastbound transatlantic speed record ⓘ
westbound transatlantic speed record ⓘ
route Liverpool–New York ⓘ
Southampton–New York ⓘ
scrapped 1935 ⓘ
serviceDuring World War I ⓘ
shipyard Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson ⓘ
sisterShip RMS Lusitania ⓘ
usedAs hospital ship ⓘ
troopship ⓘ
withdrawnFromService 1934 ⓘ

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Cunard Line → notableShip → RMS Mauretania (1906) ⓘ
Jack Phillips → shipServedOn → RMS Mauretania ⓘ
linked to: RMS Mauretania (1906)
RMS Aquitania → sisterShipOf → RMS Mauretania ⓘ
linked to: RMS Mauretania (1906)
RMS Mauretania (1938) → namedAfter → RMS Mauretania (1906) ⓘ
RMS Mauretania (1938) → successorTo → RMS Mauretania (1906) ⓘ
Lusitania-class ocean liners → includesShip → RMS Mauretania ⓘ
linked to: RMS Mauretania (1906)
Lusitania-class ocean liners → notableShip → RMS Mauretania ⓘ
linked to: RMS Mauretania (1906)
Blue Riband → notableHolder → RMS Mauretania ⓘ
linked to: RMS Mauretania (1906)
Swan Hunter → notableWork → RMS Mauretania (1906 ocean liner) ⓘ
linked to: RMS Mauretania (1906)