The Italian liner Rex arriving in New York in the 1930s. In August 1933 she won the Blue Riband as the fastest ship to cross the Atlantic at the average speed of 28.92 knots, beating SS Bremen’s previous record of 27.92 knots. This would be later beaten by SS Normandie with 29.98 kn. [1737 x 1362]
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After the Carpathia, the SS Bremen was the second ship to encounter wreckage from the Titanic