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Reggie Naus
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Username: reggie_naus
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 7, 2005 - 11:01 am: | 
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It seems that every book and every website has a completely different chronology regarding the winning of the Blue Ribband by the Cunard Line. For instance; in McCluskie's book (Anatomy of the Titanic)he claims the Mauretania won the Blue Ribband before July 1907, while as far as I know she wasn't even launched until november of that year. Some sources claim the Mauretania held the Ribband, unchallenged, for 20 years. others claim the Lusitania won it back for a short time in June 1909.
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Omar Khokhar
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Username: omar
Post Number: 58
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 - 12:33 am: |
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I`m sure the McCluskie book is wrong,the Lusitania won the Blue Ribband before the Mauretania, since the Lusitania`s maiden voyage was in Sept 1907. The Lusitania captured the blue ribband on the return voyage from New York-Liverpool.
The Mauretania took the blue ribband away from the Lusitania in November 1907 I think.From what I recall the Mauretania held the blue ribband for 22 years until 1929.
RMS Lusitania triumph of the Edwardian Age
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Eric Longo
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Username: mauretania19061935
Post Number: 144
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 - 12:27 pm: |
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Hi,
There are two records to consider - East and West. The Mauretania first took the Eastbound from Lusitania in 1907, and held solid the Westbound from 1909 to July of 1929 - losing it by small margin to the NDL Bremen. Mauretania could not have won in July '07 as her second trials and maiden voyage did not take place until November of that year (she was launched 9/20/06).
Best,
Eric Longo
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Lucy Burkhill
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Username: maury
Post Number: 32
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 10:17 pm: |
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Hi,
Am I correct that today is the 100th anniversary of Lucy's launch? According to Mark Warren Lusitania P50, it is. However, I have seen it stated in the media (the UK tabloid newspaper Daily Express made a big song-and-dance about unfortunate things that were connected to 06/06/06, citing that the Lusitania was launched on this supposedly ominous date) that it was yesterday.
Confused 
Can anyone confirm the actual date?
Me, I'm going with the Warren book!
All the best,
Lucy
P.S. Happy Birthday Lusitania- gone but Not Forgotten |
Mark Baber
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Username: mab
Post Number: 1595
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 4:24 am: |
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It was 7 June.
Source: The New York Times, 8 June 1906.
MAB
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Lucy Burkhill
Member
Username: maury
Post Number: 34
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 1:30 pm: |
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Thanks, Mark!  |
