RMS Mauretania (1906)

	Mauretania in 1907 off the Tyne
History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Mauretania
Namesake	Mauretania
Owner	1906–1934: Cunard Line; 1934–1935: Cunard White Star Line;
Operator	Cunard Line
Port of registry	Liverpool
Route	1907–1919; Liverpool–Queenstown–New York; 1919–1934; Southampton–Cherbourg–New York;
Ordered	1904
Builder	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Northumberland, England
Yard number	735
Laid down	18 August 1904
Launched	20 September 1906
Christened	20 September 1906, by the Duchess of Roxburghe
Acquired	11 November 1907
Maiden voyage	16 November 1907
In service	1907–1934
Out of service	September 1934
Identification	UK Official Number 124097; Code letters "HLTQ"; ; Marconi Radio Call Letters "MGA";
Fate	Scrapped in 1935 at Rosyth, Scotland
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	31,938 GRT, 12,797 NRT
Displacement	44,610 tons
Length	790 ft (240.8 m)
Beam	88 ft (26.8 m)
Draught	33 ft (10.1 m)
Depth	33 ft 6 in (10.2 m)
Decks	8
Installed power	Direct-action Parsons steam turbines (two high pressure, two low pressure); 68,000 shp (51,000 kW) nominal at launch, 76,000 shp (57,000 kW) on record run, later increased in 1928 to 90,000 shp (67,000 kW) July 1929;
Propulsion	Quadruple propeller installation
Speed	25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) ‐ 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) design service speed
Capacity	2,165 passengers total:; 563 first class; 464 second class; 1,138 third class;
Crew	802
Armament	12 × QF 6-inch naval guns (for but not with)
Notes	Largest ship in the world from 1907 to 1910; Sister ship to RMS Lusitania; Running mate to RMS Aquitania; Designed with deck mounts for 6 inch guns to be installed during conversion to an Auxiliary Cruiser if needed in the event of war.;

RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner built for the Cunard Line by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend on the River Tyne, England, launched in 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the launch of RMS Olympic in 1910. Mauretania captured the eastbound Blue Riband speed record on her maiden return voyage in December 1907, then claimed the westbound record during her 1909 season. She held both speed records for 20 years.

The liner was requisitioned by the British government for military service during World War I as a hospital ship and troopship, and was later returned to Cunard in 1919. Mauretania remained in service until September 1934, when Cunard-White Star retired her. She was scrapped in Rosyth in 1935.

RMS Lusitania, built by John Brown & Co, Clydebank, was her nearly identical sister ship.