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tECORD GATHERING OF OCEAN GREYHOUNDS.—With the arrival from New Yorl of the Cunarder Aquitania on November 4, five of Great Britain s seven srgest liners, the-Majestic, Berengaria, Aquitania, Homeric and Mauretania, were.all lying in the Ocean Dock, Southampton, while the Empress of Britain was m another lock nearby. Such a" gathering of ocean liners has never occurred before and perhaps will never occur again. It is due to the fact that an overhauling programme 5 m progress and that, owing to the cancellation of winter voyages, in the interests of economy, the Mauretania and the Berengaria have been taken off service. This erial view shows: Top, extreme left, the Empress of Australia in the dry dock; next, in the Ocean Dock, may be seen the five liners (left to right), top, Majestic, Jomeric, Berengaria; bottom two, Aquitania and Mauretania. In the centre of the picture, showing white, is the Arandora Star, while top, extreme right, is the

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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 291, 9 December 1931, Page 8

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tECORD GATHERING OF OCEAN GREYHOUNDS.—With the arrival from New Yorl of the Cunarder Aquitania on November 4, five of Great Britain s seven srgest liners, the-Majestic, Berengaria, Aquitania, Homeric and Mauretania, were.all lying in the Ocean Dock, Southampton, while the Empress of Britain was m another lock nearby. Such a" gathering of ocean liners has never occurred before and perhaps will never occur again. It is due to the fact that an overhauling programme 5 m progress and that, owing to the cancellation of winter voyages, in the interests of economy, the Mauretania and the Berengaria have been taken off service. This erial view shows: Top, extreme left, the Empress of Australia in the dry dock; next, in the Ocean Dock, may be seen the five liners (left to right), top, Majestic, Jomeric, Berengaria; bottom two, Aquitania and Mauretania. In the centre of the picture, showing white, is the Arandora Star, while top, extreme right, is the Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 291, 9 December 1931, Page 8

tECORD GATHERING OF OCEAN GREYHOUNDS.—With the arrival from New Yorl of the Cunarder Aquitania on November 4, five of Great Britain s seven srgest liners, the-Majestic, Berengaria, Aquitania, Homeric and Mauretania, were.all lying in the Ocean Dock, Southampton, while the Empress of Britain was m another lock nearby. Such a" gathering of ocean liners has never occurred before and perhaps will never occur again. It is due to the fact that an overhauling programme 5 m progress and that, owing to the cancellation of winter voyages, in the interests of economy, the Mauretania and the Berengaria have been taken off service. This erial view shows: Top, extreme left, the Empress of Australia in the dry dock; next, in the Ocean Dock, may be seen the five liners (left to right), top, Majestic, Jomeric, Berengaria; bottom two, Aquitania and Mauretania. In the centre of the picture, showing white, is the Arandora Star, while top, extreme right, is the Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 291, 9 December 1931, Page 8

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