The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

RMS Mauretania (1906)

Running mate of Lusitania

RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson on the River Tyne, England for the Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the launch of RMS Olympic in…