Mauretania 1907

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	MAURETANIA
Type:	Passenger & Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched:	20/09/1906
Completed:	17/09/1907
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:	Wallsend
Yard Number:	735
Dimensions:	30696grt, 12542nrt, 762.2 x 88.0 x 57.1ft
Engines:	2 x HP & 2 x LP Steam Turbines, 90000shp
Engines by:	Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	4 x Screws, 25.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	124093

History:
17/09/1907	Cunard Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool
04/07/1935	Broken up

Comments:	Built with the help of a British Government loan to counter German dominance
	of the Trans-Atlantic passenger service
	Capacity of 2165 passengers (563 x 1st class, 464 x 2nd class & 1138 x 3rd class)
	Broke records for fastest crossings of the Atlantic and gained the coveted "Blue Riband"
	04/08/1914: Requisitioned as an Armed Merchant Cruiser but not used
	1915 - 1918: Used as a troopship and hospital ship
	Known as HMS TUBEROSE by the Admiralty but name not changed
	21/09/1919: Returned to civilian service
	1921: Returned to Swan Hunter for repairs to fire damage on E Deck, plus a general
	overhaul & conversion of the boilers to oil firing
	04/1935: Sold to Metal Industries for breaking up. Cost £77000
	04/07/1935: Arrived at Rosyth for breaking up
	21/08/1935: Breaking up commenced