Hi All: Five days across the Atlantic seems right for a fast liner like the Mauretania or Queen Mary which (who?) did not travel in convoy with slow cargo ships; eg for the Queen Mary in 1942, 11 to 16 May, see: http://troopships.pier90.org/crossings/1942.htm Yours, John Wilson > I remember my brother saying that the Mauretania II used to leave the US and > arrive in Britain in about five and a half days sometimes, in spite af the > fact that she zig-zagged across the Atlantic to dodge the U-Boats and that > was remarkable when you consider she was carrying thousands of troops. She > was so sea-worthy, having great stabilizers both port and starboard beneath > the waterline. >