The Lusitania was a passenger liner built by Cunard Line in 1907 and was Sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7th 1915.

The Lusitania was a passenger liner built by Cunard Line in 1907 and was Sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7th 1915.

sailorgil: ” My Cunard Trip “  … Cunard Line brochure for passengers [Circa 1925]

sailorgil:

” My Cunard Trip “  … Cunard Line brochure for passengers [Circa 1925]

Cunard & the Flying Scotsman: Pre-WW1 poster (2330 x 3649)

Cunard & the Flying Scotsman: Pre-WW1 poster

(2330 x 3649)

Cigarette Card - Cunard LineOgden’s Cigarettes “Flags & Funnels of Leading Steamship Lines” 1906#22 Cunard Line, Liverpool.

Cigarette Card - Cunard Line

Ogden’s Cigarettes “Flags & Funnels of Leading Steamship Lines” 1906
#22 Cunard Line, Liverpool.

AUCTION REPORT: Queen Mary. Cunard White Star, color lithograph. Estimate: $300 to 400.  Hahahaha!  I bought one of these for $45 at a shop in Fells Point over 15 years ago. SCORE!!

AUCTION REPORT: Queen Mary. Cunard White Star, color lithograph. Estimate: $300 to 400. 

Hahahaha!  I bought one of these for $45 at a shop in Fells Point over 15 years ago. SCORE!!

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Cover of 1894 Cunard Log Book for Campania & Lucania

Cover of 1894 Cunard Log Book for Campania & Lucania

HMS Carmania (card reads “RMS Carmania of the Cunard Line”) Armed merchant cruiser, engaged and sank the German merchant cruiser SMS Cap Trafalgar during the Battle of Trindade. The ship suffered extensive damage herself and several casualties to her crew. —royalmarinesonline.com Cap Trafalgar 1899 14 September 1914: The Cap Trafalgar was discovered by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Carmania, a liner belonging to the Cunard Line which had been converted to a convoy escort and raider designed to flush out German colliers and small warships that might be using the inhospitable island as a base against British merchant shipping. Carmania spotted Cap Trafalgar’s smoke early in the morning and some hours later was able to surprise the German ship with two colliers in the island’s only harbour. By ironic coincidence the Cap Trafalgar was disguised as the Carmania; while the Carmania was disguised as the Cap Trafalgar. more on wiki: SMS Cap Trafalgar RMS Carmania

HMS Carmania (card reads “RMS Carmania of the Cunard Line”)

Armed merchant cruiser, engaged and sank the German merchant cruiser SMS Cap Trafalgar during the Battle of Trindade. The ship suffered extensive damage herself and several casualties to her crew.

—royalmarinesonline.com

Cap Trafalgar 1899

14 September 1914: The Cap Trafalgar was discovered by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Carmania, a liner belonging to the Cunard Line which had been converted to a convoy escort and raider designed to flush out German colliers and small warships that might be using the inhospitable island as a base against British merchant shipping.

Carmania spotted Cap Trafalgar’s smoke early in the morning and some hours later was able to surprise the German ship with two colliers in the island’s only harbour.

By ironic coincidence the Cap Trafalgar was disguised as the Carmania; while the Carmania was disguised as the Cap Trafalgar.

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coldisthesea: “…Frinstance this is Imperator, pride of the German Passenger Liner Fleet, we err borrowed her as well, she became Berengaria minus all the fancy carving of course.” Cunard Berengaria 1924 postcard SS Imperator on wikipedia

coldisthesea:

“…Frinstance this is Imperator, pride of the German Passenger Liner Fleet, we err borrowed her as well, she became Berengaria minus all the fancy carving of course.”

postcard

Cunard Berengaria 1924 postcard

SS Imperator on wikipedia

Hamburg-American Line Sailings April-October 1914 Maritime Timetable Images The Imperator and Vaterland were the largest ships in the world prior to WW1. Work on an even larger ship, the Bismarck, was halted due to the war. After the war all three ships were distributed among the allies. The Imperator became the Berengaria of the Cunard Line and the Vaterland was sold to the United States Lines as the Leviathan. The Bismarck was finished in 1922 as the Majectic of the White Star Line. See this page for more information on the Imperator.

Hamburg-American Line

Sailings April-October 1914

Maritime Timetable Images

The Imperator and Vaterland were the largest ships in the world prior to WW1. Work on an even larger ship, the Bismarck, was halted due to the war. After the war all three ships were distributed among the allies.

The Imperator became the Berengaria of the Cunard Line and the Vaterland was sold to the United States Lines as the Leviathan. The Bismarck was finished in 1922 as the Majectic of the White Star Line.

See this page for more information on the Imperator.

Image(s) courtesy VintageHolidayCrafts.com

Image(s) courtesy VintageHolidayCrafts.com

Carpathia by Stephen J. Card. RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. Carpathia made her maiden voyage in 1903 and became famous for rescuing the survivors of RMS Titanic after the latter ship hit an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912. Carpathia herself was shot at and sunk in the Atlantic on July 17, 1918 during World War I by a German U-boat. more on wiki

Carpathia by Stephen J. Card.

RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. Carpathia made her maiden voyage in 1903 and became famous for rescuing the survivors of RMS Titanic after the latter ship hit an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912. Carpathia herself was shot at and sunk in the Atlantic on July 17, 1918 during World War I by a German U-boat.

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Cunard Line: Atlantic Sailings and Fares, January-December 1964 Sailings of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Mauretania, Caronia, Franconia, Carmania, Sylvania and Carinthia Ports of call:Rotterdam, Southampton, Le Havre, Cherbourg, Liverpool, Cobh, Greenock, Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, New York

Cunard Line: Atlantic Sailings and Fares, January-December 1964

Sailings of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Mauretania, Caronia, Franconia, Carmania, Sylvania and Carinthia

Ports of call:
Rotterdam, Southampton, Le Havre, Cherbourg, Liverpool, Cobh, Greenock, Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, New York

artist - Andy Virgil on todaysinspiration via bluewaterblackheart:

artist - Andy Virgil on todaysinspiration

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    Arrival of the SS Imperator 1912 Karl Struss Image/Sheet: 11.3 x 9.2 cm (4 7/16 x 3 5/8 in.) Photograph, platinum print SS Imperator was an ocean liner built for the Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (HAPAG) (English: Hamburg America Line) launched in 1912. She was the first of a trio of successively larger Hamburg America ships that included SS Vaterland and SS Bismarck built by the line for transatlantic passenger service. At the time of her launch in May 1912, she was the largest passenger ship in the world superseding the RMS Olympic.During World War I, the ship remained in port in Hamburg. After the war she was briefly commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Imperator (ID-4080) and employed for returning American troops from Europe. Following her U.S. Navy service, Imperator was handed over to Britain’s Cunard Line as part of war reparations, and she sailed as the flagship RMS Berengaria for the final decade of her career. more on Wiki

    Arrival of the SS Imperator

    1912 
    Karl Struss
    Image/Sheet: 11.3 x 9.2 cm (4 7/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
    Photograph, platinum print

    SS Imperator was an ocean liner built for the Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (HAPAG) (English: Hamburg America Line) launched in 1912. She was the first of a trio of successively larger Hamburg America ships that included SS Vaterland and SS Bismarck built by the line for transatlantic passenger service. At the time of her launch in May 1912, she was the largest passenger ship in the world superseding the RMS Olympic.

    During World War I, the ship remained in port in Hamburg. After the war she was briefly commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Imperator (ID-4080) and employed for returning American troops from Europe. Following her U.S. Navy service, Imperator was handed over to Britain’s Cunard Line as part of war reparations, and she sailed as the flagship RMS Berengaria for the final decade of her career.

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    Anchor Line Cunard Line/Anchor Line/Anchor-Donaldson Line:Sailing List, July 1924-March 1925; incl. rates

    Anchor Line

    Cunard Line/Anchor Line/Anchor-Donaldson Line:
    Sailing List, July 1924-March 1925; incl. rates