LA WHITE STAR LINE

T. H. ISMAY appears today as the main British shipowner of the second half of the nineteenth century. His audacity and aggressive commercial policy made the O.S.N.C. the most powerful British shipping company of the end of the century.

Its ever-growing ships served not only America but also Australia, as early as 1883, and then South Africa.
The Oceanic launched in 1899, was soon followed by a larger ship still, the Celtic (1901), which was, in fact, only put into service after the death of its owner. Followed by the Republic (1903), the Cedric (1901), the Baltic (1904), the Adriatic (1907), the Megantic and the Laurentic. The climbing to gigantism had just begun!

Acquired in 1900 by the Morgan Combine, the O.S.N.C. (still called W.S.L.) became part of the International Mercantile Marine Company. Its owner, the American financier J. Pierpont MORGAN, had built a vast empire on steel and then became interested in trading on the Atlantic as early as 1893. In addition to W.S.L., he had bought Leyland and then Atlantic Transport Line and concluded a cooperation agreement with the two major German companies, Hamburg-Amerika and Norddeutscher Lloyd.

American capital and the high technical quality of the large Irish shipyards, only suppliers of W.S.L., allowed the new company to decide immediately the construction of two giant ships, the Olympic and its twin ship with a tragic fate, the Titanic. Flag and crews remained British.

The great era of the regular shuttle on the Atlantic was about to begin. The Olympic, launched in 1911, was hailed by the press as “the miracle ship of the universe” and was not far from being deserved. A year later, the Titanic set sail, and as everyone knows, sank after hitting an iceberg.

Joseph Bruce ISMAY, General Manager of the W.S.L. and son of the founder, was among the survivors. He never recovered from the consequences of the disaster and resigned within a year to then retire from public life.

But the bad luck would continue to be on W.S.L. After the disappearance of Britannic in 1916, a series of financial disasters befell the company. It was too much for his American sponsor... As early as 1927, J. P. MORGAN decided to divest himself of his holdings and the company thus regained its British nationality.

Among other projects, it was forced to give up the purchase of a magnificent 60,000-ton ship that should have had no less than three chimneys and twenty-four diesel engines each operating a generator and four coupled propellers.
The great crisis of the thirties was going to bring the last blow to the wreck of the W.S.L. which was already sinking. The potential market shrank considerably, passengers became rarer and by 1933 it had only four ships serving New York. There was only one left to rally Canada.
It was the end... Yielding to the pressing demands of the British government, the W.S.L. then merged with Cunard.

The new shipping company resulting from this merger was officially founded on 1 January 1934 as Cunard White Star Line Ltd. It was immediately decided to dispose of most of the vessels of the former W.S.L.. The capital generated would allow the owners of the new company to focus their efforts on launching a new type of liner. These were the Queen Mary, inaugurated in 1936, and the Queen Elizabeth, whose commissioning almost coincided with the centenary of the Cunard.

The entry of Great Britain into war caused to cancel the maiden voyage of the Queen Elizabeth and it was only in 1947 that Cunard’s dream came true. Two 80,000-ton ships operated the weekly transatlantic service between Southampton and New York for the first time. The profits made in the early post-war period allowed the company to repay fully the loans granted by the state for the construction of the two giants.

But the 1950s, which saw the rise of air transport over the Atlantic, was supposed to mark the end of the golden age of the big liners. One by one, the Cunard ships were withdrawn from service. Remains today the Queen Elizabeth 2 which, entered into service in 1969, was one of the largest liners of its time behind Le France (1961) then world champion !

In 1971, Cunard itself was bought by a financial company, Trafalgar House, which gave it new life. Its activity today is mainly focused on the transport of goods, and its ships are mainly used for cruises. The Queen Elizabeth 2 and the Queen Mary 2 (currently the world’s largest liner) now provide transatlantic service, maintaining Cunard’s old tradition.

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Logo of the W.S.L.
Advertising poster

The offices in Liverpool. The offices in Southampton. The offices in New-York. The offices in Londres. The offices in Paris. The offices in Cobh.

Sources :

Drawings of Queen Mary end of Queen Elizabeth de Colin ASHFORD.

List of White Star Line liners

Name	Lenght	width	Height	Tonnage	Speed	Construction	Launch	Maiden voyage	Service	End
Asiatic	100m 350-0	11m 35-2	25-6	2,130	12	1870	1er déc 1870	Mars 1872		Sinking off the coast of Madagascar in February 1903
Adriatic	138m 437-6	12m45 41-0	31-6	3,888	14.5	1870	17 oct 1871		1872-1899	Sold to scrap in 1899
Oceanic	128m10 420-0	12m40 41-0	31-6	3,807	14.5	1871	27 aou 1870	2 mar 1871	1871-1896	Demolished in 1896
Baltic (planned Pacific)	128m10 420-0	12m40 41-0	31-6	3,807	14.5	1871	8 mar 1871	Sep 1871		Struck a wreck submerged in the North Atlantic and sank slowly (6 Feb 1898). No casualties
Republic (prévu Arctic)	128m10 420-0	1er fév 187241-0	31-6	3,807	14.5	1871	4 juil 1871	1er fév 1872		Citta Di Napoli (ex-Republic, Maasdam and Vittoria) was demolished in 1910 in Genoa
Atlantic	128m40 420-0	12m40 41-0	31-6	3,807	14.5	1870	26 nov 1870	8 juin 1871	1872-1873	Ran aground after colliding with Meagher/Golden Rule Rock on 4 April 1873. 585 dead
Tropic	100m 350-0	11m 35-2	7m80 25-6	2,130	11.5	1871	14 oct 1871		1872	Sold to Serra y Font, Bilbao, and renamed Federico. Demolished in 1894.
Traffic	101-8	23-6		155	8	1872	22 sep 1872			Demolished at Tranmere beach on the River Mersey in 1955
Celtic	133m30 437-6	12m50 41-0	31-6	3,888	14	1872	18 juin 1872	24 oct 1872	1872-1899	Demolished in Brest in 1898
Belgic	370-0	36-3	27-6	2,652	12	1872	14 jan 1873	16 avr 1873
Gaelic	370-0	36-3	27-6	2,652	12	1872	4 oct 1872	29 jan 1873		Hugo (ex-Belgic) ran aground on the island of Terschelling, Netherlands on 24 September 1896. Refloated, sold at auction and scrapped in Amsterdam
Britannic	455-0	45-2	33-6	5,004	16	1873	3 fév 1874	25 juin 1874	1874-1903	In July 1903, was sold to a German scrap yard, and on 11 August, towed to Hamburg for its demolition
Germanic	455-0	45-2	33-6	5,004	16	1873	15 juil 1874	30 mar 1875	1874-1903	In 1950, converted into a floating hotel, but of short duration, and towed to Messina (Sicily) for its demolition
Arabic	430-0	42-0	31-6	4,368	14	1880	30 avr 1881	10 sep 1881	1881-1906	Last voyage on 7 February 1901, and in August, abandoned at Thomas Ward Company Preston for demolition
Coptic	430-0	42-0	31-6	4,368	13	1881	10 aoû 1881	16 nov 1881	1881-1906	In December 1924, the Perse Maru (ex-Coptic) was placed in Yokohama for auction of its furniture, then demolished in Osaka in 1926
Doric	440-0	44-0	31-6	4,748	13	1882	10 mar 1883	20 juil 1883	1883-1906	Asia (ex-Doric) sank in fog on Hea Chu Island, near Wenchow in China. No loss of life. It was looted and then destroyed by a fire in Shanghai
Ionic	440-0	44-0	31-6	4,748	13	1882	10 jan 1883	20 avr 1883	1883-1906	Sophocles (ex-Ionic) made his last trip on August 21, 1908 before being discarded at Thomas W. Ward Morecambe
Belgic II	420-0	42-4	29-6	4,271	14	1884	3 jan 1885		1885-1899	Mohawk (ex-Belgic II) was dismantled in 1903 at Garston, Liverpool
Gaelic II	420-0	42-4	29-6	4,271	14	1884	28 fév 1885	18 juil 1885	1885-1899	Callao (ex-Gaelic II) was dismantled in September 1907 at Briton Ferry, southern Wales
Cufic	430-0	45-2	28-8	4,640	13	1888	10 oct 1888	8 déc 1888		Lost in Portlan, Maine, during the Gibraltar race on 18 December 1919. Loss of all sailors
Runic	430-0	45-2	28-8	4,640	13	1888	1er jan 1889	21 fév 1889		Guvermoren (ex-Runic) ran aground on the rocks 20 miles from Port Stanley on November 30, 1926.
Teutonic	585-0	57-8	39-4	9,984	20	1889	1889	1889	1889-1921	Scrapped at Emdem in 1921
Majestic	177m80 585-0	17m60 57-8	39-4	9,984	20	1889	29 juin 1890	2 avr 1890	1890-1914	sold for £26,700 to Morecambe’s Thomas Ward. Before being destroyed, the ship is open to the public for visits.
Magnetic	170-5	32-0		691	13.5	1890	1891		1891-1932	Sold in 1932 and demolished in 1935
Nomadic	460-0	49-1	30-9	5,749	13	1891	11 fév 1891	24 avr 1891	1891-1903	The Cornishman (ex-nomadic) is sold in March 1926 and on 12 March, arrived at the scrap yard in Hayle in Cornwall
Tauric	460-0	49-1	30-9	5,749	13	1891	12 mars 1891	16 mai 1891	1891-1903	Weishman (ex-Tauric) was broken up in the Firth Of Forth in Scotland in 1929
Bovic	470-0 ft 143,30 m	53-1	31-7	6,583	13	1892	28 juin 1892	26 août 1892	1892-1922	Colonian (ex-Bovic) was broken up in Rotterdam in 1928
Naronic	470-0 ft 143,30 m	53-1	31-7	6,594	13	1892	26 mai 1892	15 juillet 1892		Lost on February 19, 1893 in the North Atlantic
Gothic	490-0	53-2	33-6	7,755	14	1893	1893		1893-1907	Gothland (ex-Gothic) was dismantled in 1924 at Rosyth (Firth of Forth) in Scotland.
Cevic	500-0	60-3	33-9	8,301	13	1893	23 sep 1893	12 jan 1894	1894-1914	Pyrula (ex-Cevic) was sold for demolition in Genoa
Armenian (prévu Indian)				8,825		1895	25 nov 1895	1895	1903-1914	Torpedoed on 28 June 1915 by U-24 off Cape Trevose in Cornwall without loss of life
Georgic	558-7	60-3	36-0	10,077	13	1894	22 juin 1895	16 aoû 1895	1895-1916	Sunk on 10 December 1916 by the German merchant ship Möve 500 miles south-east of Cape Race
Victorian	512-5	59-25		8,825		1895	7 juil 1895	7 sep 1895	1903-1904	Russian (ex-Victorian) was torpedoed by U-Boat U-43 210 miles east of Malta on 14 December 1916 with the loss of 28 crew members.
Delphic	475-9	55-2	35-11	8,273	12	1896	5 jan 1897	17 juin 1897	1897-1917	Torpedoed by UC-72 capable of launching torpedoes 130 miles from Bishop's Rock. 5 dead
Cymric	585-6	64-3	37-9	13,096	15	1897	12 oct 1897	1898	1898-1916	Torpedoed by U-20 (the same that torpedoed the Lusitania) 140 miles northwest of Fastnet on April 29, 1916
Medic	550-2	63-3	39-11	11,948	14	1898	1898	1899	1899-1928	Hektoria (ex-Medic) was torpedoed by U-608 in the Atlantic on 11 September 1942
Afric	550-2	63-3	39-11	11,948	14	1898	1898	1899	1899-1917	Torpedoed in the English Channel 12 miles from Eddystone Rock by a U-boat, the UC-66. 22 dead, 145 survivors
Persic	550-2	63-3	39-11	11,948	14	1898	1899	1899	1899-1927	Sold in 1927 for demolition to the Dutch shipbreakers Hendrick Ido Ambacht
Runic II	550-2	63-3	39-11	11,948	13	1899	25 oct 1900	3 jan 1901	1901-1930	New Sevilla (ex-Runic) was torpedoed on September 20, 1940 off the Irish coast by U-138
Suevic	550-2	63-3	39-11	11,948	13	1899	1900	9 mar 1901	1900-1928	Skyteren (ex-suevic) was sunk on April 1, 1942 by a German ship
Oceanic II	685-6	68-6	44-6	17,274	21	1898	14 jan 1899	6 sep 1899	1899-1914	It was shipwrecked near Foula Island on September 8, 1914. The last remains were recovered in 1979.
Celtic II	680-9	75-0	44-1	20,904	17	1901	4 avr 1901	26 juil 1901	1901-1928	It ran aground in 1928 at the entrance to Queenstown harbour. No casualties.
Cedric	680-9	75-0	44-1	20,904	17	1901	1903	11 fév 1903	1902-1932	It was withdrawn from service in 1931 and abandoned the following year.
Athenic	500-3	63-3	45-0	12,234	13	1901	17 aoû 1901	jan 1902	1902-1928	Pelagos (ex-Athenic) was sold on 25 June 1962 to SF Brunn of Hamburg and then to Eckardt & Co. A fire broke out during demolition
Corinthic	500-3	63-3	45-0	12,234	13	1901	10 avr 1902	20 nov 1902	1902-1931	It was sold on 16 December 1931 to Hughes Bolckow's scrap yard in Wallsend.
Ionic	500-3	63-3	45-0	12,234	13	1901	22 mai 1902	16 jan 1903	1903-1932	It was sold on 6 January 1937 for £31,500. Its bell is in the War Memorial Museum in Auckland.
Zeeland	171,20 m	18,30 m		11,905		1900	24 nov 1900	13 avr 1901	1910-1911, 1914-1920	Minnesota (ex-Zeeland) was sold in October 1929 to Thomas Ward for demolition at Inverkething
Arabic II	600-7	65-6	47-6	15,801	16	1902	18 déc 1902	26 juin 1903	1903-1915	Torpedoed on 19 August 1945 by U-24 off the Old Head of Kinsale in Ireland. 44 dead and 400 survivors.
Romaric	550-3	59-3	35-11	11,394	15	1888	7 avr 1889	30 juin 1889		Scandinavian (ex-Romaric and ex-New-England originally) was purchased on 9 July 1922 by F. Rijsdijk of Rotterdam for demolition and then resold a week later to Klasmann & Lentze of Emden and finally abandoned in Hamburg
Belgic III				9,748		1902	15 déc 1902	16 avr 1903	1911-1913	Mississippi, Samland, Belgic III and then Samland again was abandoned in Ghent in 1931 by Van Huyghen Frères
Cretic	582-0	60-2	38-3	13,518	15	1902	1902	19 juil 1902		Hanoverian, Mayflower, Cretic and then Devonian made their last voyage on 15 September 1928 to be broken up in 1929 by P. & W. McLeilan at Bo'ness, Firth of Forth
Canopic	578-3	59-3	35-1	12,097	15	1900	31 mai 1900	Oct 1900		Commonwealth and then Canopic were dismantled in October 1925 by Briton Ferry in South Wales.
Republic II	570-0	67-8		15,378	16	1902	26 fév 1903	1er oct 1903	1903-1909	Republic (which was to be named Columbus) was rammed on January 23, 1909 by the Florida off Nantucket. Towed to New York, it sank off Martha's Vineyard.
cufic II	475-1	55-2	35-1	8,194	10.5	1894	8 aoû 1895	9 oct 1895	1904-1923	American, Cufic II, Antartico and then Maria Giulia were sold in November 1932 in Genoa for demolition.
Tropic II	475-1	55-2	35-1	8,194	10.5	1895	9 juil 1896	9 jan 1897	1904-1923	European, Tropic II, Artico and then Transylvania were destroyed in Genoa in 1933
Baltic II	708-5	75-4	44-1	23,876	16.5	1903	21 nov 1903	29 juin 1904	1904-1933	Amené à Osaka au Japon le 17 février 1933 pour démolition
Adriatic II	709-3	75-6	52-8	24,541	17	1906	20 sep 1906	8 mai 1907	1907-1935	Sold to a Japanese company for destruction between 1934 and 1935
Arabic III				16,786		1908	7 nov 1908	1er mai 1909	1921-1925, 1930-1931	Berlin and then Arabic III were sold for scrap on March 15, 1931 in Genoa.
Lapland				18,565		1907	27 juin 1908	27 mar 1909	1914-1920	Last voyage on June 11, 1932, then moored in Antwerp. Sold for destruction in Japan in 1933
Laurentic	550-0	67-0	45-6	14,892	17	1907	9 sep 1908	29 avr 1909	1909-1917	Alberta then Laurentic struck 2 mines laid by U-80 at Malin Head in the north of Ireland on January 25, 1917. 354 of the 745 people on board died.
Megantic	550-4	67-3		14,878	16,5	1908	10 déc 1908		1908-1933	Albany then Megantic was sold to Osaka, Japan for destruction in February 1933
Nomadic II	220-7	37-1		1,273	12	1910	25 avr 1911	31 mai 1911	1911-1927
Olympic	850-0	92-0		45,234	21	1910			1911-1935	On 11 October 1935 she was sold for demolition at Jarrow on the River Tyne in north-east England. She was stripped of her luxury items and towed in 1937 for final destruction at Inverkeithing in Scotland.
Traffic II	175-0	35-0		675	12		27 avr 1911	29 mai 1911	1911-1927	Traffic II, then Engineer Riebell, was torpedoed by a German ship on January 17, 1941.
Zealandic	477-5	63-1		8,090	13	1910	29 juin 1911	30 oct 1911	1911-1926	Zealandic, Mamilius, then Mamari III was attacked by a German plane, hit a wreck on June 4, 1941. Before being refloated, it was taken over by an E-boat and then left as it was.
Titanic	269 m	28 m		46,329	21	31 mar 1909	31 mai 1911	10 avr 1912	1912-1912	It hit an iceberg on the night of April 14-15, 1912 and sank. 1,502 dead and 705 survivors
Ceramic	655-1	69-4		18,495	15,5	1912	11 déc 1912	24 juil 1913	1913-1934	It was torpedoed off the Azores on the night of December 6-7 by U-515. 1 survivor (Eric Munday) out of 655 passengers.
Homeric	751-0	83-3		34,351	18,5	1913	Déc 1913	15 fév 1922	1922-1936	Columbus and then Homeric were sold for £74,000 to Thomas Ward & Co in Inverkething for destruction on 27 February 1936.
Regina	601-0	67-8		16,313	15	1913	19 avr 1917		1917-1929	Regina then Westernland was sold to BISCO for destruction on July 15, 1947. Destroyed on August 1 at Blythe
Majestic II	955-8	100-1		56,551	23	1914	20 juin 1914		1922-1936	Bismark, Majestic II and then Caledonia were scrapped on 17 July 1943 at Inverkething.
Britannic II	275,60 m	28,65 m		48,158		30 nov 1911	26 fév 1914	22 déc 1915	1915-1916	Gigantic and then Britannic II sank in the Aegean Sea after hitting a mine on November 21, 1916.
Belgic IV	670-4	78-4		24,547	17	1914	31 déc 1914		1917-1923	Belgenland, Belgic IV, Belgenland again, then Columbia was destroyed by P.W. McLellan's Bo'ness in May 1936
Justicia	740-5	86-4		32,234	18	1912	9 juil 1914		1917-1918	On July 19, 1918, she was torpedoed four times by U-64 (three times) and then by U-124 (once) off Skerrywore on the Scottish coast.
Vedic	460-5	58-3		9,332	14	1917	18 déc 1917	11 juil 1918	1918-1934	In July 1934 she was sold for demolition at Rosyth, Firth of Forth.
Doric II	601-0	67-8		16,484	15	1922	8 aoû 1922	8 juin 1923	1923-1935	Sold for £35,000 to J. Cashmore's of Newport, Monmouthshire for breaking up on 9th November 1934
Pittsburgh	601-0	67-8		16,322	15	1914	17 nov 1920		1922-1925	Pittsburgh, then Pennland II was bombed 7 times before sinking in the Gulf of Athens on April 25, 1941
Albertic	591-0	71-5		18,940	17	1914	23 mar 1920	3 avr 1923	1927-1934	München, Ohio then Albertic was left at Clyde in September 1933. Sold in July 1934 to Osaka, Japan for destruction for £34,000
Calgaric	550-3	67-3		16,063		1914	1918	1923	1927-1935	On 20 December 1934, Orca and then Calgaric left Milford Haven to arrive at Inverkething at Christmas. Wrecked in 1936
Laurentic II	600-0	75-4		18,724	16,5		16 juin 1927	12 nov 1927	1927-1940	Torpedoed 3 times on November 3, 1940 by U-99. 49 dead, 367 survivors
Britannic III	683-0	67-3		26,943	18	1928	6 aoû 1929	28 juin 1930	1930-1960	Sold 4th December 1960 to Thomas Wrad & Co for destruction at Inverkething
Georgic II	682-0	67-3		27,759	18	1930	12 nov 1931	25 juin 1932	1931-1956	Sold in January 1956 and on 1st February arrived at Falsane to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for demolition

Liste des paquebots de la Cunard

Name	Lenght	Width	Height	Tonnage	Speed	Construction	Launch	Maiden voyage	Service	End
Oregon	159 m	16,5m		7 375	18		23 juin 1883	6 octobre 1883		Shipwrecked on March 14, 1886 off Long Island
Umbria	519-0ft 158,20m	57-2ft 17,43m		7,718	19	1883	25 juin 1884	1er nov 1884		Demolished in 1910
Etruria	519-0ft 158,20m	57-2ft 17,43m		7,718	19	1883	20 sep 1884	25 avr 1885		Demolished in 1910
Feltria	443-0ft 135m	48ft 14,60m		5,254	13	1891	5 juin 1891			Torpedoed by U-48 on 5 May 1917 8 miles south-east of Mine Head, Waterford. 45 dead
Campania	189,60m	19,90m		12,950	22	22 sep 1891	8 sep 1892	22 avr 1893		Sunk on 5 November 1918 after colliding with the cruiser HMS Glorious
Lucania	189,60m	21,50m		12,952	22	1892	2 fév 1893	2 sep 1893		In 1909, while in dry dock in Liverpool, the ship caught fire, and was dismantled shortly afterwards.
Carinthia	445-0ft	49-2ft		20,227	13	1894	24 jan 1895			Lost during the Boer War in 1900
Sylvania	445 ft	49 ft		5,598		1895				Demolished in 1910
Ultonia	500 ft	57,4 ft		8,845		1898				Torpedoed by U-53 in 1917 in the Atlantic (2 dead)
Veria				3,299		1899				Sunk by U-39 on 7 December 1915 off Alexandria in the Mediterranean
Albania	140,65 m	15,88 m		7,640	13		3 février 1900	17 septembre 1901		Dismantled in 1930
Ivernia	180 m	20 m		13 779	15		21 septembre 1899	14 avril 1900		Torpedoed by U-47 on January 1, 1917
Saxonia	180 m	19,60 m		14,281			16 décembre 1899	22 mai 1900		Scrapped in the Netherlands in 1925
Carpathia	165 m	20 m		13,603	14	10 septembre 1901	6 août 1902	5 mai 1903		Torpedoed on July 17, 1918 by U-55 off the coast of Ireland
Flavia	143,30 m	17,10 m		9 291	14		29 août 1901	1902		Torpedoed by U-107 on August 24, 1918 off the coast of Ireland
Brescia				3,255		1903
Slavonia	510 ft	59,5 ft		10,606		1902				Stranded on Flores Island (Azores) on June 10, 1909
Pannonia	486,5 ft	59,3 ft		9,851	13		5 septembre 1902	15 mai 1903		Demolished in Hamburg in 1922
Carmania	198,20 m	22 m		19,524	18		5 février 1905	2 décembre 1905		Scrapped in Scotland in 1932
Caronia	207 m	22 m		19,687	18		13 juillet 1904	25 février 1905		Demolished in Osaka (Japan) in 1933
Lusitania	236 m	26,82 m		31,550	25	1904	7 juin 1906	7 septembre 1907		Sunk on March 7, 1915 off the coast of southern Ireland by U-20
Mauretania	240,70 m	26,80 m		31,938	26 à 28	1904	20 janvier 1906	16 novembre 1907		Withdrawn from service in 1934 and scrapped in 1935
Ausonia	137,30 m	16,50 m		7,907	12	1907	18 août 1909	14 octobre 1909		05/30/1918: Torpedoed off Fastnet, then sunk under fire from U-Boat U-55
Ascania	146,90 m	17,10 m		9,111	13	1911				June 13, 1918, south of Newfoundland
Franconia	190,90 m	21,70 m		18,150	17	1909	23 juillet 1910	25 février 1911		October 4, 1916: Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-47 off Malta. 12 lives lost.
Laconia	183 m	22,50 m		18,099	17	1910	27 juillet 1911	20 janvier 1912		Torpedoed by U-50 and sunk on February 25, 1917
Alaunia	159	20		13,405	14	1913	9 juin 1913	27 décembre 1913		Sunk by a mine on 19 October 1916 off Hastings, East Sussex. 2 crew lost.
Andania	158,58 m	19,50 m		13,405	15	1912	22 mars 1913	14 juillet 1913		Torpedoed by the submarine U-46 on January 27, 1918.
Aquitania	274,60 m	29,60 m		45,647	23	1911	21 avril 1913	30 mai 1914		Demolished in 1950 in Scotland.
Berengaria	280 m	29,90 m		52,117	24	1910	23 mai 1912	20 juin 1913	1921-1938	Demolished from 1938 to 1946
Scythia	183,08 m	22,49 m		19,730	16	1919	23 mars 1920	20 août 1921	1921-1957	Demolished on January 23, 1958
Antonia	158,45 m	19,90 m		13 867 t.	15	1920	11 mars 1921	15 juin 1922	1922-1948	Scrapped at Troon, Scotland in 1948
Ausonia II	158,50 m	20 m		13 867 t.	15	1920	1921-03-22	1922-08-31	1922-1942	Scrapped from August 1965
Laconia II	183 m	22,50 m		19 695 t.	17	1920	1921-04-09	1922-05-25	1922-1942	Torpedoed on September 12, 1942
Samaria	190 m	23 m		19 848 t.	16	1919	1920-11-27	1922-04-19	1922-1956	Demolished in 1956
Tyrrhenia / Lancastria	168 m	21,25 m		16 243 t.	17	1919-06-02	1920-05-31	1922-06-13	1922-1940	June 17, 1940: Bombed and sunk during the evacuation of troops from St Nazaire, approximately 4,000 dead and 2,477 survivors.
Franconia II	183,30 m	22,50 m		20 175 t.	16,5		1923-06-23	1922-10-22	1922-1956	Demolished at Inverkeithing by Thos. W. Ward in December 1956.
Aurania III	160 m	20 m		13 984 t.	15	1923	1924-02-06			Demolished in 1961.
Alaunia II	538 ft.	65 ft.		14 030 t.	15	1924	1925-02-07	1925-07-24	1925-1957	Demolished in 1957 at Blyth, Northumberland.
Ascania II	164 m	19,90 m		14 013 t.	15	1922	1923-12-20	1925-05-22	1925-1957	Demolished at Newport Monmouthshire, by J Cashmore, in January 1957.
Carinthia II	190 m	22,40 m		20 277 t.	16,5	1924	1925-02-24	1925-08-22	1925-1940	Sunk by U-46 on June 7, 1940.
Tuscania	552.3 ft.	70.3 ft.		16 991 t.		1920	1921	1922-09-16	1922-1961	Scrapped in Japan in 1961.
Queen Mary	310,74 m	36,10 m		81 961 t.		1929	1934-09	1936-05-27	1936-1967	Converted into a hotel-restaurant in California.
Mauretania II	235 m	27 m		35 738 t.		1937-05-24	1938-07-28	1939-06-19	1939-1965	1965: Demolished by Thos W Ward at Inverkeithing, Scotland.
Queen Elizabeth	314 m	36 m		83 673 t.		1936-12	1938-09-27	1940-03-03	1940-1968	Wreck off the coast of Hong Kong.
Media	162 m	21,30 m		13 345 t.	18 knots	1946	1946-12-12	1947-08-20	1947-1962	Fire on board on January 7, 1989.
Parthia	162 m	21,30 m		13 362 t.	18 knots	1946	1947-02-25	1948-04-10	1948-1969	Demolished in 1970.
Caronia II	217,90 m	27,80 m		34 183 t.	22 knots	1946-02-13	1947-10-30	1949-01-04	1949-1975	Destroyed in 1975 at Apra Harbor.
Saxonia II	185,40 m	24,50 m		21 637 t.	20 knots	1953	1954-02-17	1954-09-02	1954-1999	Destroyed in 1999 in Alang.
Ivernia II	185,40 m	24,50 m		21 717 t.	20 knots	1953	1954-12-14	1954-09-02	1954-2004	Destroyed in 2004 in Alang.
Carinthia III	185,40 m	24,50 m		21 947 t.	20 knots	1954	1955-12-14	1956-06-27	1956-2004	Destroyed in 2005 in Alang.
Sylvania II	185,40 m	24,50 m		21 989 t.	20 knots	1956-11-22	1957-02-24	1957-06-05	1957-2004	Destroyed in 2004 in Alang.
Queen Elizabeth 2	293,50 m	32,03 m		70 327 t.	32,5 knots	1965-07-05	1967-09-20	1969-05-02	1969-2008	Converted into a Floating Hotel.
Queen Mary 2	341 m	41 m		76 000 t.	29,3 knots	2002-07-04	2003-03-21	2004-01-12	2004-	In service.

Cunard Adventurer - 1971-1977
Cunard Ambassador - 1971-1977
Cunard Countess - 1975-1997
Cunard Princess - 1977-1997
Sagafjord - 1984-1996
Vistafjord - 1984-99
Sea Goddess I - 1986-1998
Sea Goddess II - 1986-1998
Caronia - 1999-2005
Queen Victoria (1) - 2005 - Transferred to P&O Cruises as Arcadia (3)
Queen Victoria (2) - 2007-
Queen Elizabeth (2) - 2010-
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