R.M.S. Mauretania at anchor in the Mersey River, Liverpool.

Built in 1906 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited, Newcastle, England.
31,938 gross tons and 790 feet long. Service speed 25 knots.
She was the fastest liner in the world for 22 years from 1907 until 1929.
Passenger capacity 560 first, 475 second and 1300 third class.
Mauretania sailed from Liverpool on Saturday, November 16, 1907 calling at Queenstown the following day.
She arrived in New York on Friday, November 22, 1907.

Mauretania was the world's fastest passenger liner for 22 years and remained in service as part of the Cunard Line fleet until 1934. On September 26, 1934, the very day that Queen Mary was launched, Mauretania sailed out of New York for the last time. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had taken office as President of the United States the year before. He was a man who knew and loved ships and he had a special place in his heart for Mauretania. The following is his story of that great liner.
It was written in August 1936, almost two years after she had sailed to the breakers.

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