Here's "Mauretania" at full speed, built by the shipbuilders Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, at the Wallsend shipyard.
RMS MAURETANIA was one of the most famous ships ever built on Tyneside.
Ref number: TWAS:DS.SWH/4/PH/7/6/60
(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.
To purchase a hi-res copy please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk quoting the title and reference number.
squib_pig, FrigateRN, radiosnail, k masback, and 25 other people added this photo to their favorites.
View 4 more comments
SteveFE 24 months ago | reply
Referring to FrigateRN's original comment ... who knows? I was a little kid in Jarrow in the 60s and the sense of pride that we were still (just about) building the world's biggest ships (supertankers by then) was everywhere.
But now? Everything's got a price and the work goes where the price is lowest. You have to remember that the industrial revolution was driven yes by ingenuity and determination and genius, but also by the fact that Britain had a huge empire to service and massive revenues from it. We were once the only nation in the world that even could build ships this size. Now they can be built anywhere and it tends to be where the labour's cheapest.
I'd love to see Britain be able to call itself Great again but I don't think it'll be through engineering. Sadly we are just not an economic powerhouse any more, we're a small to middling economy.
Miguelángel 24 months ago | reply
Splendid picture.
love-charlie 13 months ago | reply
Nice old shot of the Mauretania, she certainly does look like she's moving at speed!
slaverobertslut12 5 months ago | reply
beautiful photo friend