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
HMS Snowdrop (1915) up on 15 January 1923 to the Unity Ship Breaking Company. HMS Snowdrop (1915) HMS "Snowdrop" was an "Azalea"-class sloop of the Royal Navy. "Snowdrop" was built at the yards of McMillan, and was launched on 7 October 1915. She served during the First World War. In May 1918, she rescued the survivors from the liner , which had been torpedoed three times and sunk by "U-55" (six years earlier "Carpathia" had rescued the survivors from the ill-fated ). Also that same year, she took the American destroyer in tow, after the "Cassin" had been damaged by "U-61". "Snowdrop" survived