The model will be auctioned in May - 100 years after Mauretania's ill-fated sister ship Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat killing 1,198 passengers and crew. Scroll down for video ...

The beautifully-crafted 1:64 scale model of the luxury British liner RMS Mauretania was made to celebrate the actual ship's launch in 1906. The wooden model was loaned by Swan Hunter, the company ...

Mauretania was the fastest ship across the Atlantic for more than 20 years, travelling at speeds of up to 27 knots.The Tyne shipyard of Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson built the liner Mauretania ...

Enormous 12ft model ship to be auctioned for £50,000 THIS enormous model of the Mauretania, once the fastest and biggest ship in the world, is expected to fetch £50,000 at auction.

A spectacular wooden model of Cunard’s legendary liner RMS Mauretania, once the biggest and fastest ship in the world, is being auctioned on Tuesday, May 12 and is expected to sell for up to £ ...

THIS historic picture shows the launch of a Mauretania model made by Waterloo brothers William and Arthur Derbyshire. They were handed to Memories by a friend of the late Arthur, Moira Calvert ...

RMS Mauretania, one of the most famous ships to be built on Tyneside, was launched amid great fanfare in 1906. The luxury liner was famous for its speed, for many years holding the record for the ...

On this day 110 years ago the mighty Mauretania was launched on the River Tyne. The ship was one of a string of ocean liners built in the years before and after World War I. With their dark hulls ...