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Sold 1878 to Red Star Line, and renamed Zeeland, lost at sea 1895 [3] Palmyra : 1866: 1866–1896: Intermediate: 2,044: Scrapped 1896 Malta : 1866: 1865–1889: Intermediate: 2,132: Wrecked 1899 Russia: 1867: 1867–1879: Express: 2,950: Sold to Red Star Line 1880 and renamed Waesland. Resold and renamed Philadelphia, sank after a collision ...
In 1876 the mail contracts expired and the Post Office ended both Cunard's and Inman's subsidies. The new contracts were paid on the basis of weight, at a rate substantially higher than paid by the United States Post Office. [19] Cunard's weekly New York mail sailings were reduced to one and White Star was awarded the third mail sailing.
The origins of Aquitania lay in the rivalry between the White Star Line and Cunard Line, Britain's two leading shipping companies. The White Star Line's Olympic, Titanic and the upcoming Britannic were larger than the latest Cunard ships, Mauretania and Lusitania, by 15,000 gross register tons. The Cunard duo were significantly faster than the ...
However, in 1921, Cunard removed her from service when fire broke out on E deck and decided to overhaul the ship. [31] She returned to the Tyne shipyard where she was built, where her boilers were converted to oil firing, [32] and returned to service in March 1922. Cunard noticed that Mauretania struggled to maintain her regular Atlantic ...
Cunard White Star "Queen Mary" baggage tag. In 1947, Cunard acquired White Star’s 38% share in the company and on 31 December 1949 the company had dropped the White Star name and was renamed Cunard Line. [3] Both the Cunard and White Star house flags were flown on the company's liners at the time of the merger and thereafter.
RMS Carinthia was an ocean liner built in 1956 as one of the four Saxonia-class ships. [4] She sailed for Cunard Line from her completion until 1968 when she was sold to Sitmar Line, rebuilt into a full-time cruise ship and renamed SS Fairsea.
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 ...
RMS Franconia was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line from 1922 to 1956. The liner was second of three liners named Franconia which served the Cunard Line, the others being Franconia (1910) built in 1910 and the third Franconia in 1963.