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MAURETANIA

Archivio P. Berti soc.italia: 15/03/2009 10:39 E' il MAURETANIA della Cunard, detentrice per molti anni del Nastro Azzurro, una delle prime navi, insieme alla sfortunata gemella LUSITANIA, ad adottare le turbine al posto delle macchine ad espansione Fonte: celeste S/S Mauretania (1), Cunard Line Burden Built Shipowner or operator Dimensions 31,938 gross 1906 at Wallsend-on-Tyne by Swan, Hunter Wigham Richardson Cunard Line 762.2ft x 88ft x 61ft Year Remarks 1906 Sept. 20, launched 1907 Nov. 16, maiden voyage Liverpool-Queenstown-New York, on the return voyage she took the record from the Lusitania (4 days, 22 hours and 29 min.) 1907 Liverpool-Queenstown-New York service 1909 Took the record, crossing in 4 days, 17 hrs. and 20 min., and held the record until 1929 - beaten by the Bremen 1914 Hospital ship 1915 Hospital ship 1916 Laid up at Greenock 1917 US troop transport 1918 US troop transport 1919 Southampton - New York 1920 Southampton - New York 1921 Southampton - New York 1921 Damaged by fire at Southampton, repaired and rebuilt to 30,696 tons, converted from coal to oil fuel, refitted to carry 589 1st-class , 400 2nd-class and 767 3rd-class passengers 1922 Mar. 25, resumed Southampton - Cherbourg - New York 1931 Refitted to carry 1st-class, tourist-class and 3rd-class 1935 July 1, left Southampton for Rosyth, where she was scrapped. The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges This fantastic ship was built to regain the blue ribbon from the German liners. She was equipped with 4 direct-action Parson steam turbines; two high pressure and two low pressure, producing 70,000 HP. Quadruple propellers of improved design gave her a service speed of 25 knots. On her trials she attained a speed of 27.04 knots. Assuming that she could maintain her best record speed of 27.04 knots, along the line of the equator, she would encircle the globe in 38 days, 12 hours, 33 minutes and 22 seconds. To increase the speed with 1.5 knots they had to go from 40,000 HP. to 70,000 HP. She had 11 watertight bulkheads and 6 decks. The doors between the bulkheads could be closed from the bridge, where the captain stood 100 feet above the sea level. For her hull they used 4 million steel rivets, at a total weight of 500 tons. Her four funnels were each 155 feet high and the two masts 216 feet high, which was actually 2 feet longer than the length of the S/S Britannia, the first steamship of the line. There were 3 anchors weighing 10 tons each, and anchor chains of 1,800 feet. There was accommodation for 563 first class passengers, 464 second class passengers and 1400 third class (steerage) passengers. The majority of the emigrants travelled as steerage passengers. The number of officers and crew was 812. There were two electric elevators for the passengers, and 6 elevators for cargo and mail. She had 1200 windows and 5000 electric lamps. Below is a selection of images of the famous oceanliner which brought thousands of passengers across the Atlantic to their new homeland in America Rgds..

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Dimension	2515 x 1944
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