The Mauretania Passenger Ship
The Mauretania
The Mauretania, sister ship to the Lusitania, was built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Newcastle (England) in 1906. Fitted with revolutionary steam turbine engines, she made her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on 16th November 1907 and set a new record on her return journey back to Liverpool. Breaking the record a further seven times, she held the east bound record for twenty-two years! In 1909 she broke the westbound record and held that for twenty years. At the time, it was the largest, fastest and most luxurious passenger liner in the world.
In 1909, Arthur John Burgham (aged 29) of Cinderford, in the Forest of Dean (England), travelled from Liverpool to New York, arriving at Ellis Island on 11th June. He was accompanied by Margaret Burgham (aged 25) and Margaretta Burgham (aged just 11 months). In 1910, Maud Burgham, an English woman (aged 40) from Mold, in Wales, travelled on board the Mauretania. She had boarded at Queenstown (Cork), in Ireland and arrived at Ellis Ireland on 17th June 1910.
During the First World War the Mauretania worked as a troopship and a hospital ship, returning to Cunard in 1919. In 1923, travelling from Cunard's new base at Southampton, Gertrude May Burgham (aged 26), from Yorkley in the Forest of Dean, travelled on board the Mauretania arriving at Ellis Island on 6th July 1923. She had with her Sydney George Burgham (aged 5) and Josephine Burgham (aged 1). The Mauretania made her last crossing in 1934 and was scrapped the next year year.
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The Mauretania, sister ship to the Lusitania, was built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Newcastle (England) in 1906. Fitted with revolutionary steam turbine engines, she made her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on 16th November 1907 and set a new record on her return journey back to Liverpool. Breaking the record a further seven times, she held the east bound record for twenty-two years! In 1909 she broke the westbound record and held that for twenty years. At the time, it was the largest, fastest and most luxurious passenger liner in the world.
In 1909, Arthur John Burgham (aged 29) of Cinderford, in the Forest of Dean (England), travelled from Liverpool to New York, arriving at Ellis Island on 11th June. He was accompanied by Margaret Burgham (aged 25) and Margaretta Burgham (aged just 11 months). In 1910, Maud Burgham, an English woman (aged 40) from Mold, in Wales, travelled on board the Mauretania. She had boarded at Queenstown (Cork), in Ireland and arrived at Ellis Ireland on 17th June 1910.
During the First World War the Mauretania worked as a troopship and a hospital ship, returning to Cunard in 1919. In 1923, travelling from Cunard's new base at Southampton, Gertrude May Burgham (aged 26), from Yorkley in the Forest of Dean, travelled on board the Mauretania arriving at Ellis Island on 6th July 1923. She had with her Sydney George Burgham (aged 5) and Josephine Burgham (aged 1). The Mauretania made her last crossing in 1934 and was scrapped the next year year.
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