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2. Cunard Line - Wikipedia

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   Under the plan, the government would lend Cunard the majority of the liner's cost. [34] However, some Cunard stockholders questioned the plan at the June 1961 board meeting because transatlantic flights were gaining in popularity. [35] By 1963 the plan had been changed to a dual-purpose 55,000 GRT ship designed to cruise in the off-season. [36]

3. RMS Umbria - Wikipedia

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   There was also a music room, a smoking room for gentlemen, and separate dining rooms for first- and second-class passengers. By the standard of the day, the second-class accommodation was modest but spacious and comfortable. Cunard registered Umbria at Liverpool. Her United Kingdom official number was 91159 and her code letters were JPWV. [4]

4. Queen Mary 2 - Wikipedia

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   In a promotional press release for the event, Cunard said that this marked the first time a book had been transported to its international launch on an ocean liner. The signed copy was given to the West Asheville Library, located in the city of Asheville, North Carolina. [64] [65] In January 2006 Queen Mary 2 embarked on a cruise to South America.

5. RMS Queen Elizabeth - Wikipedia

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   Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, these two events were postponed and Cunard's plans were cancelled. [9] Queen Elizabeth sat at the fitting-out dock at the shipyard in her Cunard colours until 2 November 1939, when the Ministry of Shipping issued special licences to declare her seaworthy. On 29 December the engines were tested for ...

6. Transatlantic crossing - Wikipedia

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   In July 1952 that ship made the crossing in 3 days, 10 hours, 40 minutes. Cunard Line's RMS Queen Mary 2 is the only ship currently making regular transatlantic crossings throughout the year, usually between Southampton and New York. For this reason it has been designed as a proper ocean liner, not as a cruise ship.

7. RMS Aquitania - Wikipedia

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   Cunard needed another liner for its weekly transatlantic express service, and elected to copy the White Star Line's Olympic-class model with a slower but larger and more luxurious ship. [4] [7] [8] [9] The plan for the building of that liner began in 1910, under the leadership of Leonard Peskett. Several draft plans were conceived in order to ...