On Her Maiden Voyage, Daily Racing Form, 1939-06-20

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7 _ 00 100 100 00 00 00 00 - , JO 0 0 ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE ABOARD R. M. S. MAURETANIA, At Sea, June 19.— Slowed down by fog, the new Cunard White Star liner proceeded at fif-00 teen knots on her maiden trans-Atlantic voyage under overcast skies today. The great event of the initial voyage thus far was a gala reception yesterday at Cobh Queens-00 town, Ireland, from which the old Maure-00 tania sailed on her maiden voyage thirty years ago. It was that grand old vessel that set a blue ribbon record for the Cobh-New York run, which still stands unbroken. At Cobh the ship was boarded by a city and I county delegation, headed by Deputy Lord Mayor Timothy Quill, who hailed the con-• struction of the new Mauretania as a work of peace and progress in the face of the world armaments race.


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