page_title: RMS Mauretania (1938)
section_title: Post scrapping
hierarchical_section_title: RMS Mauretania (1938) / Post scrapping
caption_attribution_description: English: Ship's bell from the RMS Mauretania at the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England.
context_page_description: The second RMS Mauretania was an ocean liner that was launched on 28 July 1938 at the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead, England, and was completed in May 1939. She was one of the first ships built for the newly formed Cunard White Star company following the merger in April 1934 of the Cunard and White Star Line. On the withdrawal of the first RMS Mauretania in 1935, to prevent a rival company using the name and to keep it available for the new liner, arrangements were made for the Red Funnel paddle steamer Queen to be renamed Mauretania in the interim.
  The new liner had a tonnage of 35,739 gross, an overall length of 772 feet and a beam of 89 feet and had an exterior design similar to RMS Queen Elizabeth. The vessel was powered by two sets of Parsons single reduction-geared steam turbines giving 42,000 shaft horsepower and driving twin propellers. Her service speed was 23 knots with a maximum speed of 26 knots.
context_section_description: Furnishings from the ship were sold during and post scrapping.  Paneling, mill work, and other materials from the ship were used in the Famous-Barr department store's Mauretania Room at the West County Mall in Des Peres, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. The Mauretania Room was a 120 seat luxurious ladies tea room that opened with the store in 1969. The room was removed prior to the demolition and reconstruction of the mall in 2001 to make room for additional shopping as the times changed. The present location of these furnishings is unknown.
caption: Ship's bell at the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum
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