Talk:RMS Mauretania (1906)

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1 Laid up
2 Blue Ensign
3 The Mauretania
4 Christening and Launching
5 Mauretania Bar in Bristol?

[edit] Laid up

Question - what does "laid up" mean (technically) and what is a "breaker's yard"? I think these terms should either be scrapped in favor of something more readily understood by novices or linked to the proper terminology. Istvan 02:34, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Laid up means that it is taken out of service. In the meanwhile it may still be maintained on minor scale. BoH 21:48, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Answer agreeing with the person above - "Laid up" means that a vessel has been removed from service and is being stored somewhere until it is either resored to service, sold to another company or sent to the shipbreakers (Breakers).

Regards Flexcoupling 07:02, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Blue Ensign

Why does it show the Blue Ensign and not the Red Ensign? BoH 21:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

It can mean several things but the normal one for a ship of the era of the Mauretania is that the captain (the ship had many captains throughout her 28 year service) would normally be an officer in the Royal Navy Reserve which allowed him to fly the Blue Ensign instead of the standard Red Ensign.

Regards Flexcoupling 07:10, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Mauretania

This article goes back and forth between referring to the ship as "the Mauretania" and just Mauretania. Is there a proper or preferred way to do refer to a ship? Should the article consistently use one or the other? Xous 15:42, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

A lot of books I've read use "the" and "she". Enigma3542002 04:10, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Christening and Launching

Traditionally, when a ship was launched, it was also christened- that is blessed and given a name, with a bottle broken over her bow. So the Mauretania was launched and christened at the same moment.Gary Joseph 03:02, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

You are correct, based on what I've read. Enigma3542002 04:10, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mauretania Bar in Bristol?

The bar mentioned in the article, supposedly now called Bar III, where in Bristol is it? I can't find it. Does it still have that name? Does anybody know the longitude/latitude? Thanks --Ragemanchoo (talk) 00:01, 1 February 2008 (UTC)