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From the Titanic to the Queen Mary 2: The story of the Royal Mail Ships
BT.com As with many Royal Mail designated ships, twin ships the RMS Lusitania and the RMS Mauretania (launched in 1906) were designed with its mail subsidy in mind. The ships' stipulated service speed was 24 knots in moderate weather, and the two sparred for … |
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