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'''''Mauretania''''' was an ocean liner designed by [[Leonard Peskett]] and built by [[Wigham Richardson]] and [[Swan Hunter]] on the River Tyne, England 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'' captured the eastbound [[Blue Riband]] on the 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.<ref name=cross41>Maxtone-Graham 1972, pp. 41–43.</ref>

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.<ref name=maxtone24>Maxtone-Graham 1972, p. 24.</ref> Similar nomenclature was also employed by ''Mauretania''{{'}}s running matesister {{RMS|Lusitania||2}}, which was named after the Roman province directly north of Mauretania, across the [[Strait of Gibraltar]]<ref name=maxtone24/> in Portugal. ''Mauretania'' remained in service until September 1934, when [[Cunard-White Star Line|Cunard-White Star]] retired her; scrapping commenced in [[Rosyth]], in 1935.

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