Thousands lined the River Tyne to watch the new Mauretania sail out to sea 115 years ago
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Launched on the River Tyne 115 years ago - the Mauretania, the world s largest and fastest ship
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The River Tyne at Wallsend and Hebburn in the mid 1960s - how does it look today?
Swan Hunter in Wallsend and Hawthorn Leslie in Hebburn are two famous shipyards both consigned to history - the view here is very different five and a half decades on
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