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Between 1900 and 1914, over 13 million passengers sailed between New York City and Europe carried on ocean liners like Olympic, Lusitania, Mauretania, Aquitania, and Imperator. (Titanic ...
preceded by the RMS “Mauretania” and RMS “Lusitania”, and was the last surviving four-funnelled ocean liner. Widely considered one of the most attractive ships of her time, “Aquitania” ...
While Aquitania looked like her two older and smaller Cunard siblings, Mauretania and Lusitania, she was, as maritime historian Paul Louden-Brown said: “Aquitania entirely fitted the White Star ...
Only last month we were touting new innovations at sea - from aerial viewing pods to simulated sky diving and scientific research vessels that beam images from the deep to paying passengers on board.
Lusitania and her sister ships, Mauretania and Aquitania, were the pride of the Cunard fleet. Smaller, but faster and more solid than White Star rivals, Olympic, Britannic and the ill-fated ...
"Although her primary use was as a passenger ship Cunard had to design both the Lusitania and Mauretania to [British] Admiralty specifications," says Mr Murphy. "They had to make the entire fleet ...
It is one of the most glamorous models you will see.' Cunard commissioned Swan Hunter to build the Lusitania and the Mauretania in response to the increasing threat of its domination of the ...
On its second outward voyage, the Lusitania won back the Blue Riband in a journey time of four days, 19 hours and 52 minutes. It was the world's largest passenger ship until the Mauretania went ...
The model will be auctioned in May - 100 years after Mauretania's ill-fated sister ship Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat killing 1,198 passengers and crew. Scroll down for video RMS ...
While Aquitania looked like her two older and smaller Cunard siblings, Mauretania and Lusitania, she was, as maritime historian Paul Louden-Brown said: “Aquitania entirely fitted the White Star ...
"Although her primary use was as a passenger ship Cunard had to design both the Lusitania and Mauretania to [British] Admiralty specifications," says Mr Murphy. "They had to make the entire fleet ...