Log Card of the Record Voyage Cunard R.M.S. "Mauretania" (Quadruple Screw Turbine); From Southampton to New York via Cherbourg. Captain S. G. S. McNeil, R.D., R.N.R.

Cunard Line, 1928. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Single small sheet, printed on both sides. Format is approximately 6.5 inches by 4.125 inches (postcard size). Front has an illustration of Cunard Line R.M.S. "Mauretania." underway with stacks smoking. The other side is all text. The center portion, below what has been put in as the title and subtitle, is a table taking up approximately half the space. The table columns are Date. 1928 distance. Latitude. Longitude. and Weather, etc. Record distance for Tuesday July 17th and Wednesday July 18th are record in bold, Below the table is the following text: Distance: Cherbourg to Ambrose Channel Light Vessel: 3160 miles. Record passage: 5 days 3 hours 17 mins. Record Average Speed: 25.63 knots. All figures in heavy type are records (Cherbourg to New York route). RMS Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the launch of RMS Olympic in 1910. Mauretania became a favorite among her passengers. She captured the eastbound Blue Riband on her maiden return voyage in December 1907, then claimed the westbound Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing during her 1909 season. She held both speed records for 20 years. In 1928 Mauretania was refurbished with a new interior design. Mauretania beat all her own previous speed records both east and westbound. The ship's name was taken from the ancient Roman province of Mauretania on the northwest African coast, not the modern Mauritania to the south. Similar nomenclature was also employed by Mauretania's running mate Lusitania, which was named after the Roman province directly north of Mauretania, across the Strait of Gibraltar in Portugal. Mauretania remained in service until September 1934, when Cunard-White Star retired her; scrapping commenced in Rosyth, in 1935. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Cunard, R.M.S. Mauretania, "Mauretania", Speed Record, Record Passage, Ambrose Channel Light Vessel, Southampton, Cherbourg, Quadruple Screw Turbine, Ocean Liner, Passenger Ship, Transatlantic

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