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Description: | R.M.S Mauretania was built at Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-On-Tyne. Launched on 20 September 1906 She maintained the Blue Riband record until 1929, and served in the First World War as a hospital ship and troop carrier, safely transporting thousands of British, Canadian and American soldiers through hostile waters and to and from war zones. She resumed normal commercial sailings in 1920 and shortly afterwards was converted to oil-burning at the yard of her birth. | Format: | IMAGE/JPEG | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | South Tyneside Libraries | Rights holder: | Please select | Subjects: | Maritime | Source: | South Tyneside Images | Identifier: | http://www.southtynesideimages.org.uk/fr... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | IMAGE/JPEG | Go to resource |
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