RMS Mauretania weighed more than 31,000 tons and accommodated more than 2,000 people; ... She was built in 1906 after the cruise-liner company Cunard won a £2million loan from the Government to ...

RMS Mauretania, one of the most famous ships to be built on Tyneside, was launched amid great fanfare in 1906. The luxury liner was famous for its speed, for many years holding the record for the ...

Of all the great ships built on the River Tyne, none is more famous than the Cunard ocean liner RMS Mauretania. Launched at Swan Hunter’s Wallsend yard, 115 years ago, in September 1906, the ...

Although is regularly traversed the globe, RMS Mauretania remained a Liverpool-registered ship from her launch in 1906 to her decommissioning in 1934.

Judging by history, this Caribbean queen’s reign won’t last long. 1906 RMS Mauretania = description Before air travel, ocean liners competed for speed.

The bell was expected to fetch up to £10,000 A brass bell from the liner RMS Mauretania has failed to sell at an auction in London. The floor-standing Edwardian bell was one of three made for the ...

The cover of the new book RMS Mauretania (1907), ... She was the largest and fastest ship from her launch in 1906 until Olympic, sister to the Titanic, was launched in 1911.

A 2ft high cast bronze ‘M’ from the starboard side of the RMS Mauretania will be auctioned off by Tennants Auctioneers in Leyburn, North Yorkshire on Tuesday, November 26. The ocean liner was ...

The magnificent ship’s bell is from Cunard’s Edwardian superliner RMS Mauretania, known as the lucky sister of the Lusitania which sank after being torpedoed by a German U-boat in May 1915.

Image caption, RMS Mauretania was launched on the River Tyne amid great fanfare in 1906 RMS Mauretania, one of the most famous ships to be built on Tyneside, was launched amid great fanfare in ...

One of the most famous ships to be built on the River Tyne also played a vital role in World War One.