Just published (October 2006), Peter Newall's new title: 'Mauretania: Triumph and Resurrection' tells the full history of Mauretania, from concept, design and building to service in peace and war. The story continues way beyond the scrapping of this great ship, and tells what happened to many of the pieces, which were sold at auction and stripped out of the ship before demolition. The book also includes a tour of the ship, using plans and photographs. Well-known maritime author Peter Newall has not only researched and written the full story of Mauretania's life and times, but has also unearthed many of her fixtures and fittings in Bristol, Newcastle upon Tyne, Poole, Liverpool, Kent, Southampton, Pinewood Studios, Yorkshire and London.
The author has also obtained a recording of Mauretania's steam whistle, recorded from about 1/2 mile away. If your computer system has a sound system connected, you should have heard its glorious sound when when opening this page. To hear it again, please click on the link below. |
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