Mauretania, 1907
Scope and Contents
The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.
Dates
- Creation: 1907
Extent
From the Collection: 320 record(s)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Vessel Details
Line: Cunard Line
Builder and location: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle, England
Tonnage and dimensions: 30,696 tons; 762' x 88'
Machinery and speed: Quadruple-screw, 26 knots
Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 4 funnels
Passengers: 1st class: 563; 2nd class: 464; 3rd class: 1,138
Routes: Liverpool-NY
History: Held transatlantic speed record, with LUSITANIA, for a number of years. Broken up at Rosyth in 1935.
Legacy record identifier: Mauretania1907
- Image of Mauretania (1907); mkey 15425
- Image of Mauretania (1907); mkey 15426
- Image of Mauretania (1907); mkey 15428
- Image of Mauretania (1907); mkey 15429
- Image of Mauretania (1907); mkey 15430
- Image of Mauretania (1907); mkey 108963
- Image of Mauretania (1907); mkey 109221
- Image of Mauretania (1907); mkey 109222
- Image of Mauretania (1907); mkey 109223
- Image of Mauretania (1907); mkey 109224
Repository Details
Part of the Other Resources Repository
Mystic Seaport Museum
112 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic Connecticut 06355 USA
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