The Life of RMS Mauretania #cunard #history #ship #shiplife #oceanliner #steamturbine #mauretania

Launched: 20 September 1906 Maiden Voyage: 16 November 1907 Decommissioned: September 1934 Fate: Scrapped in 1935 at Rosyth, Scotland A British ocean liner built for the Cunard Line by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend on the River Tyne, England, launched in 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the launch of RMS Olympic in 1910. Mauretania captured the eastbound Blue Riband speed record on her maiden return voyage in December 1907, then claimed the westbound record during her 1909 season. She held both speed records for 20 years. The liner was requisitioned by the British government for military service during World War I as a hospital ship & troopship & was later returned to Cunard in 1919. Mauretania remained in service until September 1934, when Cunard-White Star retired her. She was scrapped in Rosyth in 1935.