RMS Mauretania to New York 1948

Join these travelers for a transatlantic from Southampton to New York aboard the Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania in 1948!

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[kirkconway]

This isn't the Mauretania,

It's the Aquatania,

Mauretania was scrapped in 1935, Aquatania look's similar,

but a bit larger,

Aquatania was scrapped in 1950,

[shipgeek]

@kirkconway Hi there, if you'll read through the comments you see this has been discussed. This is the Mauretania 2, which was simply called Mauretania.

[shipgeek]

@kirkconway Also, some of the confusion may stem from the shot of Aquitania at the beginning where she is docked as our photographer sails out aboard Mauretania. And finally, I doubt an amateur filmmaker would go to all the trouble to make his or her own title cards identifying the ship as the Mauretania if it weren't.

[the52state]

The MAURETANIA was scrapped in 1937

[shipgeek]

The first Mauretania, yes. There were two.  I think it was covered in earlier comments on this same video.

[cubantoro]

The liner that appears on :37 is the Cunard Aquitania, so this film was made during the first sailings of the new "Mauretania" in summer of 1939 before the war started in Sept of that year. The "ship beautiful" Aquitania was scrapped in 1950.

[shipgeek]

Thanks for you comment. The filmmaker shot titles which were included in the film, and they identified the time period as 1948. So that's curious indeed!

[Islayardbeg]

In 1946 I travelled as a small boy with my family on the two-funnelled RMS Mauretania from Capetown to Liverpool. We were told it was the third largest liner in the world at that time (after the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth). It was a magnificent liner and that wonderful voyage to England after the war is a memory I will cherish to my life's end!

[WhiteStarLine401]

Great film of life aboard Maurentaina, with a nice glimps of Aquitania too. Thanks

[SuperTitanicfreak]

I don't if I will ever get used to the idea of scrapping. But it doesn't matter, I prefer to think of their Beauty! OHH! Mauretania. You are so beautiful.

[SuperTitanicfreak]

Look at the Mauretania! OHHH! She so beautiful. I would love to sail on her. Mauretania was believe that she was a relief Liner for the Queens when one of them was in drydock.

[SuperTitanicfreak]

I love the music. Pouvre Aquitania, would have been better if sank. Better yet capsize & sank enroute to the scrapyard like SS Poseidon. I read that the paino almost fell though the floor in 1948.

[SuperTitanicfreak]

Oh! Would I love to sailed on Mauretania in 1948 to New York!

[olympicnut]

Actually, this is likely from 1948. Aquitan ia was released from gov service by that point and was back in peacetime colors. She appears to be at Southampton's Western Docks and this is where she operated from on her immigration service to Canada from 1948-1949.