Posted on 04/14/2020 11:12:08 AM PDT by NRx
A short video with numerous images of one of the secondary or intermediate sized liners that connected the world in the pre-World War I era including interior photos.
From Wikipedia... RMS Aragon, was a 9,588 GRT[3] transatlantic Royal Mail Ship that served as a troop ship in the First World War. She was built in Ireland in 1905 and was the first of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's fleet of "A-liners"[6] that worked regular routes between Southampton and South American ports including Buenos Aires.[1]
In 1913 Aragon became Britain's first defensively armed merchant ship ("DAMS") of modern times. In the First World War she served as a troop ship, taking part in the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915. In 1917 a German submarine sank her in the Mediterranean, killing 610 of the personnel aboard.
More here... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMT_Aragon
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Later known as “Strider.”
It would have to be “Stride” since you’re missing a second R in Aragon!
If you like history of ships, try navsource.org .
A pretty li’l bote, she is...
A few more smokestacks (whatever) and she’d almost look “Titanic” with that bridge walkway (whatever it is called).
Obviously not as big but a few similarities in design, seemingly.
[ bridge walkway ]
Or easy access across that way? Help guys - what is that thing?
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