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| Picture No | 10216808 |
| Date | 1936 |
| Description | R.M.S. 'Queen Mary', Ocean Dock, Southampton, 1936. |
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Photograph of the R.M.S. 'Queen Mary' arriving at the Ocean Dock, Southampton, after winning the Blue Riband of the Atlantic on 30th August that year. With an average speed of 30.63 knots for the trip from New York to Bishop Rock, Scilly Isles she beat the previous record, held by the 'Normandie', by 3 hours 31 minutes.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News. 1936. bottom page 399. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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