then). The number of "fires" is said to be 64. Hughie Jones also recorded the song but the last verse of Hughie's version calls upon "all you trimmers" whereas Redd Sullivan's version calls upon "stokers". The Clive Cussler Isaac Bell novel The Thief is set aboard Mauretania. A terrible fire engulfs the forward storage area but it is brought under control. Mauretania is also mentioned in Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Secret of the Machines": The boat-express is waiting your command! You will find the Mauretania at the quay, Till her captain turns the lever 'neath his hand, And the monstrous nine-decked city goes to sea. Mauretania is mentioned at the beginning of James Cameron's Titanic, when Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) says that Titanic does not appear larger than Mauretania, her snobbish fiancé Caledon Hockley (Billy Zane) explains to her that Titanic is much larger and more luxurious than Mauretania. The Mauretania appears in The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures episode "Posh Mice" in which the title characters travel among the mice and rat passengers on the ship's maiden voyage and thwart a steward's attempts to steal two Italian immigrants' papers and life savings during the voyage. The historical novel Maiden Voyage by British writer Roger Harvey set in Newcastle in the 1900s gives an accurate account of the building of Mauretania and features characters involved with her turbine engines. The climax of two love stories and a thriller comes as the ship approaches New York on her maiden voyage. See also Notes References Works cited Further reading External links Tyne & Wear Archives Service Mauretania website Mauretania Home at Atlantic Liners Ships of the Cunard Line Blue Riband holders World War I passenger ships of the United Kingdom Passenger ships of the United Kingdom Steamships Four funnel liners RMS Titanic Troop ships of the United Kingdom 1906 ships Hospital ships in World War I Ships built by Swan Hunter Ships built on the River Tyne Maritime incidents in 1907