RMS Mauretania (1906) launched by the Duchess of Roxburghe. At the time of her launch, she was the largest moving structure ever built, and slightly larger in gross tonnage than "Lusitania". The main visual differences between "Mauretania" and "Lusitania" were that "Mauretania" was five feet longer and had different vents. "Mauretania" also had two extra stages of turbine blades in her forward turbines, making her slightly faster than "Lusitania". "Mauretania" and "Lusitania" were the only ships with direct-drive steam turbines to hold the Blue Riband; in later ships, reduction-geared turbines were mainly used. "Mauretania"s usage of the steam turbine was the largest application
The World That Never Was and his sympathy for his subjects. Writing for "The A.V. Club", Samantha Nelson gave the book a rating of "B-", explaining that "Butterworth's fascination with the era is a mixed blessing"; while Clif Garboden of the "Boston Phoenix" questioned the book's style and presentation but described it as "interesting, important, impressively (too) thorough, fair, and eye-opening". In the "International Socialist Review", Eric Kerl wrote ""The World That Never Was" brilliantly contextualizes the political radicalism of the time", but criticised Butterworth's ambivalence towards Marxism and Leninism and lack of an analysis of revolutionary strategy. The World That Never Was The World