ISO 100. A Cunard Line baggage sticker from the R.M.S. Mauretania on an old trunk, located in a bedroom in the Johnson Farm House.

FOR YOU HISTORY BUFFS OUT THERE, A FEW FACTS ABOUT THE R.M.S. MAURETANIA:

Builders: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, England
Tonnage: 31,938
Length: 790 feet
Beam: 88 feet
Engines: Quadruple screw, direct drive steam turbines,78,000 SHP Built by Wallsend Slipway Co. Ltd
Passengers: 560 1st Class, 475 Second Class, 1300 3rd Class
Crew: 812

Launched: September 20, 1906
Delivered: November 7, 1907

Until 1911 the Mauretania was the largest ship in the world. She was the sistership of the RMS Lusitania. On the return trip from her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York she broke the speed record between Ambrose and Queenstown with a speed of 23.69 knots. In May she broke the speed record in the opposite direction, which the Lusitania reclaimed for a few more months. In September, 1909 The Mauretania covered the distance from Daunts Rock and Sandy Hook with an average speed of 26.06 knots and by doing so held the ‘Blue Riband' unchallenged for 20 years.

During World War One, the Mauretania served as a troop transport and hospital ship. In 1921 she was converted from coal burning to oil burning. She was scrapped in July 1935.

The Mauretania is featured in the popular children's book series The Hourglass Adventures. In #3 "Rosemary At Sea" She travels in time and spends time aboard the Mauretania with her 10 year old great grandmother. Written by Barbara Robertson it is published by Winslow Press

The Mauretania was also the favorite passenger liner of Franklin D. Roosevelt who sailed on her frequently. When the ship was scrapped a Cunard line agent gave FDR an 18 foot model of the ship which he presented to the Smithsonian Institution.