EAW022293 ENGLAND (1949). RMS Aquitania at the New Docks (Western Docks), Southampton, 1949
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Title | [EAW022293] RMS Aquitania at the New Docks (Western Docks), Southampton, 1949 |
Reference | EAW022293 |
Date | 18-April-1949 |
Link | |
Place name | SOUTHAMPTON |
Parish | |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 440400, 111871 |
Longitude / Latitude | -1.4253756427108, 50.904344265145 |
National Grid Reference | SU404119 |
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Mauretania - name on bow |
Kevin O'Hare |
Monday 3rd of August 2015 12:22:08 PM |
aka "The Ship Beautiful" |
Isleworth1961 |
Tuesday 11th of February 2014 04:20:26 PM |
It was often referred to as the 'Yacht of the North Atlantic' |
brianbeckett |
Monday 4th of August 2014 02:17:05 PM |
Also, The Yacht of the Atlantic |
brianbeckett |
Friday 29th of May 2020 09:34:50 PM |
User Comment Contributions
Post WW2 Aquitania ran to Halifax carrying emigrants. She was in very poor structural condition, found unfit for service without major steelwork replacement and scrapped in 1950. |
Sailor Steve |
Wednesday 29th of January 2014 11:19:34 AM |