Original coat hangar from White Star Liner "Berengaria"
ORIGINAL COAT HANGAR from the Cunard-White Star Liner “Berengaria” Launched 23rd May , A G Vulcan, Hamburg Commissioned 24th May Gross Tonnage - Length Overall: 909 feet Beam: 98 feet Depth: 63 feet Machinery: 4 turbines AEG-Vulcan Speed: 23 knots service, 24 knots maximum Passengers: first class, second class, third class, crew. Built as "Imperator" for the Hamburg-Amerika Line, she made her maiden voyage from Cuxhaven to New York on the 20th June . From August , she was in Hamburg harbour for the duration of the war. On the 5th May she was seized by US navy as a troop transport and in February , she was handed over to the Shipping Controller, London as reparation for the sinking of the "Lusitania" and sold to the Cunard Line, where she became the company's flagship, later renamed "Berengaria". In , Cunard and White Star Line merged and on the 3rd March Berengaria caught fire in New York harbour. On the 7th of November , she was sold for scrap, following Cunard's introduction of the giants "Queen Mary" and "Queen Elizabeth" two years previously. The hangar, in perfect condition, dates from ‘about’ when the “Berengaria” became part of the Cunard-White Star Line which operated until , then became solely the Cunard Line Vessel broken up in partly on the River Tyne, at which time all fittings were auctioned off. Read more
