Blue Riband
Sign in to saveunofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean westbound in regular service with the record highest speed
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- Instance of
- award
- Image
- The beginning of the transatlantic route, the start of the Blue Riband - geograph.org.uk - 2707296.jpg
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- inception
- 1838-00-00
- Commons category
- Blue Riband
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1952-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
SS United States, last winner of the Blue Riband
Cunard's Mauretania. She held the Blue Riband for the second-longest period of any ship, for 20 years, from 1909 to 1929.
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