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RMS 'Mauretania' leaving the Tyne

RMS 'Mauretania' leaving the Tyne

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Title	RMS 'Mauretania' leaving the Tyne
Reference Number	STH0001960
Photographer	Unknown
Town or Village	South Shields
Date	1906
Original Format	Black and white photograph
Period	Edwardian (1901-1910)
Copyright	South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information	RMS Mauretania was built at Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-On-Tyne. Launched on 20th September 1906, she maintained the Blue Riband record until 1929.She 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.