Mauretania: Queen with a Fighting Heart by FDR
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Mauretania Average Speed Data |
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Year |
Average in Knots |
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1907 |
23.1 |
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1908 |
23 |
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1909 |
25.45 |
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1910 |
25.25 |
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1911 |
25.14 |
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1912 |
24.28 |
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1913 |
23.45 |
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1914 |
23.49 |
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1914-Withdrawn from Atlantic service and laid up with WWI underway. |
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1915-Used as a Troop Transport and then Hospital Ship. |
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1916-Laid up. |
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1917-1919: Resumed service as a Troop Transport. |
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1920 |
20.13 |
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1921 |
20.11 |
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1922 |
23.41 |
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1923 |
23.55 |
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1924 |
24.73 |
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1925 |
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1926 |
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1927 |
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1928 |
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1929 |
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1930 |
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1931 |
24.49 |
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1932 |
24.10 |
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1933 |
24.36 |
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1934 |
22.92 |
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October 2, 1934: Withdrawn from service by Cunard White Star. |
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July 1,1935: Mauretania left Southampton for the last time bound for the scrap yards at Rosyth. She arrived at the breakers yard on July 3 after averaging 12.5 knots on her final trip. Scrapping was completed by late 1936. A transatlantic legend had passed. But the memory lives on...... |
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