s.s. 'Mauretania' built in 1907 at Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited and registered at the Port of Liverpool was of 31,938 gross register tons. [Unique Reference Code : LR-FAF-SA25-0319-L] [856]
1906 - Correspondence relating to the testing of chain cable between the office of the Lloyd's Register of British & Foreign Shipping at the Bute Docks, Cardiff, and the Lloyd's Bute Proving House, Cardiff, dated 13th and 15th June 1906 respectively. The cable chain refereed too has been manufactured at Messrs. Brown, Lenox & Company of Pontypridd and was intended for use aboard the new Cunard steamer s.s. 'Mauretania'. [Unique Reference Codes : LR-FAF-SA25-0200-L and LR-FAF-SA25-0203-L] [856]