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Former British shipping line
Cunard-White Star Ltd, was a British shipping line which existed between 1934 and 1949. The company was created to control the joint shipping assets of
Cunard-White_Star_Line
British shipping company (1845–1934)
Depression. White Star merged in 1934 with its chief rival, the Cunard Line, operating as Cunard-White Star Line until Cunard purchased White Star's share in
White_Star_Line
British cruise line
1870s Cunard fell behind its rivals, the White Star Line and the Inman Line. To meet this competition, in 1879 the firm was reorganised as the Cunard Steamship
Cunard_Line
The following is a list of ships operated by the Cunard Line. The Cunard fleet, all built for Cunard unless otherwise indicated, consisted of the following
List_of_Cunard_Line_ships
Listed building in Liverpool, England
headquarters of White Star Line. In 1914 the Cunard Steamship Company commissioned the construction of new headquarters for their company. Cunard's expansion
Cunard_Building
White Star motor vessel, 1929-1961
in 1961. She was the penultimate ship built for White Star Line before its 1934 merger with Cunard Line. When built, Britannic was the largest motor ship
MV_Britannic
Ocean liner scrapped 1956
MV Georgic was the last ship built for the White Star Line before its merger with the Cunard Line. Built at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, she
MV_Georgic
Anglo-American global cruise operating company
form Cunard-White Star Line in 1934. Cunard later purchased the remaining White Star shares in 1947, reverting to the name Cunard Line in 1949. Cunard continued
Carnival_Corporation
British ocean liner
tons (GRT) passenger ship of the Cunard Line (then Cunard White Star Line). Launched on 30 October 1947, she served with Cunard until 1967. She was nicknamed
RMS_Caronia_(1947)
British ocean liner in service 1938–1965
built for the newly formed Cunard-White Star company following the merger in April 1934 of the Cunard and White Star Line. On the withdrawal of the first
RMS_Mauretania_(1938)
English writer, heiress and political activist (1896–1965)
26 kilograms (57 pounds; 4 stone 1 pound). Cunard's father was Sir Bache Cunard, an heir to the Cunard Line shipping businesses, interested in polo and
Nancy_Cunard
British ocean liner from 1911 to 1935
International Mercantile Marine Co. The White Star Line faced a growing challenge from its main rivals Cunard, which had just launched Lusitania and Mauretania
RMS_Olympic
the White Star Line. List of Cunard Line ships "SV White Star (+1883)". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 26 May 2022. Haws, Duncan (1990). White Star Line (Oceanic
List_of_White_Star_Line_ships
British merchant navy captain
merchant sea captain who served as Commodore of the Cunard White Star Line (1944–47), commanding Cunard liners RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth during
James_Gordon_Partridge_Bisset
British naval officer (1905–1993)
returned to sea with the Blue Funnel Line, in SS Machaon and then SS Rhexenor. In 1937 he joined the Cunard White Star Line as a junior third officer on his
John_Treasure_Jones
Ocean liner from 1913 to 1938
the U.S. Navy, Imperator was purchased jointly by Britain's Cunard Line and White Star Line as part of war reparations, due to the loss of the RMS Lusitania
SS_Imperator
Former British passenger and cargo shipping company
Australia & New Zealand Line. However a process of retrenchment at Cunard in 1968 saw the incorporation of Blue Star Port Line (Management) Ltd, also known
Port_Line
Cargo ship
management was transferred to Cunard White Star Line Co Ltd. In 1946, Empire Camp was sold to Cunard White Star Line and renamed Valacia. Her port of
SS_Yelkenci
British ocean liner (1906–1935)
troopship, and was later returned to Cunard in 1919. Mauretania remained in service until September 1934, when Cunard-White Star retired her and was scrapped
RMS_Mauretania_(1906)
British ocean liner (in service 1914–1950)
in the rivalry between the White Star Line and Cunard Line, Britain's two leading shipping companies. The White Star Line Olympic, Titanic and the upcoming
RMS_Aquitania
Scottish officer (1877–1954)
Chief of Clan Irving and ended his naval career as Commodore of the Cunard-White Star Line. The son of Colonel John Beaufin Irving, of Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire
Robert_Irving_(naval_officer)
caught fire and sank in Hong Kong Harbour in 1989. She was built for Cunard White Star Line in 1947 as the cargo liner Media. In 1961 she was sold to Italy
SS_Lavia
Dutch painter (1872–1944)
23 September 1940 Mondrian left Europe for New York aboard the Cunard White Star Line ship RMS Samaria (1920), departing from Liverpool. Composition Number
Piet_Mondrian
Class of ocean liners built 1901–1905
White Star Line, to be the largest and most luxurious ships afloat. The group consisted of Celtic, Cedric, Baltic and Adriatic. In 1899, White Star Line
Big_Four_(White_Star_Line)
Ocean liner (1938–1968)
RMS Queen Elizabeth was a British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line. Along with her sister Queen Mary, she provided a weekly transatlantic service
RMS_Queen_Elizabeth
American shipping executive
Southampton is true". The comments were widely reported in the press with Cunard-White Star Line responding that they "were rather interested in the remark attributed
Philip Albright Small Franklin
Philip_Albright_Small_Franklin
British stage, screen, radio actor (c. 1926/1927–2018)
Goldbert left Shanghai that autumn and travelled to England on the Cunard-White Star Line ship Arawa. Passenger records show that he travelled alone, aged
Peter_Wyngarde
A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships and markets cruises to the public. Cruise lines are distinct from passenger lines which are primarily
List_of_cruise_lines
Cruise ship
Mechaniche Affini in 1977 the ship was renamed MS Cunard Princess. In 1995, the ship entered service with StarLauro Cruises (later rebranded MSC Cruises), briefly
MS_Cunard_Princess
Retired British ocean liner
shipbuilding race. White Star Line, Cunard's chief British rival, began construction on the 80,000-ton Oceanic in 1928, while Cunard planned a 75,000-ton
RMS_Queen_Mary
Defunct shipping line (1871–1935)
at Glasgow by J&G Thomson & Co and launched as Algeria for Cunard Line. Sold to Red Star Line, renamed Pennland, and refitted in 1881. Went into Antwerp
Red_Star_Line
Ocean liner
many of them wanting to escape prohibition. Companies like Cunard and the White Star Line planned to build their own superliners to rival newer ships
SS_Normandie
Cunard line transatlantic ocean liner
Cunard liner until 4 September 2005, when her record was surpassed by Queen Elizabeth 2. After heavy losses during the First World War, Cunard Line embarked
RMS_Scythia
Steam ocean liner
Liverpool and Canada from 1927 to 1936. After the merger of the White Star Line with Cunard Line, she was used mainly as a cruise ship. From December 1935 to
SS_Laurentic_(1927)
August. Built for the MoWT, she was operated under the management of Cunard White Star Line. Torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Aden by I-27 on 10 November 1943
List_of_Liberty_ships_(E)
Trio of ocean liners
1909 to 1929. The White Star Line knew that their Big Four, a quartet of ships built for size and luxury, were no match for the Cunard's new liners in terms
Olympic-class_ocean_liner
English businessman (1862–1937)
to discuss White Star's answer to the RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania, the recently unveiled marvels of their chief competitor, Cunard Line. Ismay's new
J._Bruce_Ismay
Ocean Liner
at the Blohm & Voss Shipyard. This was equally sold to the White Star Line and Cunard Line and renamed Majestic. Another was the 34,000-ton Columbus at
RMS_Homeric
Dry-air sweating and washing bath
It was owned by the (now merged) Cunard-White Star Line until 1949, when ownership passed to the new Cunard Line. Arthur Mason was moved from the aged
Victorian_Turkish_baths
British ocean liner
cruises, which became her main services in the 1930s. When the Cunard Line and White Star Line merged in 1934, she was quickly deemed unnecessary and sold
RMS_Adriatic
British ocean liner
Built by John Brown & Company on the River Clyde in Scotland for the Cunard Line, the ship was operated as a transatlantic liner and cruise ship from
Queen_Elizabeth_2
Ocean liner from 1922 to 1939
been taken from them by the liners of the Cunard Line and the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company (White Star Line), in particular RMS Lusitania, RMS Mauretania
RMS_Majestic_(1914)
British-Canadian shipping magnate (1787–1865)
competition, the White Star Line, owners of the successful RMS Olympic and former owners of the ill-fated Titanic. After that, Cunard dominated the Atlantic
Samuel_Cunard
19th Century British shipping line
Line was one of the three largest 19th-century British passenger shipping companies on the North Atlantic, along with the White Star Line and Cunard Line
Inman_Line
Fastest transatlantic passenger liner award
and France. Thirteen were Cunarders (plus Queen Mary of Cunard White Star), five White Star liners, with four owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd, two by Collins
Blue_Riband
Topics referred to by the same term
German naval mine MV Britannic, a motor liner owned by the White Star Line and then Cunard Line, scrapped in 1960 Britannic (typeface), a sans-serif typeface
Britannic
Ocean liner known for rescuing survivors of RMS Titanic
range, the Carpathians. Around 1900, the Cunard Line faced stiff competition from the British White Star Line and the German lines Norddeutscher Lloyd
RMS_Carpathia
American transport company
dwarfed by British companies such as the White Star Line and Cunard Line and German ones such as HAPAG. The American Line began as part of the Pennsylvania Railroad
American_Line
British ocean liner from 1922 to 1942
RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson as a successor of the 1911–1917 RMS Laconia. The new ship was launched
RMS_Laconia_(1921)
List of ships with the same or similar names
was the name of two ships operated by Cunard White Star Line SS Valacia (1910), built as Luceric for the Bank Line. Purchased in 1916. Named in World War
SS_Valacia
tender of the Cunard Line built in 1884 for service in the Mersey at Liverpool. She was used in this role through the Cunard-White Star merger until 1941
SS_Skirmisher
Prefix for ships that carry mail under contract by the British Royal Mail
associated in particular with the White Star Line, Cunard, Royal Mail Lines, Union-Castle Line, Canadian Pacific Line, Orient Line and the P&O, which held a number
Royal_Mail_Ship
MoT in 1946 and placed under the management of Cunard-White Star Line. Management transferred to Cunard Steamship Company in 1949. Sold in 1950 to Nova
List_of_Fort_ships
Unfinished motor vessel
resume. In 1947 Cunard purchased White Star's interest, and by 1949 the company had dropped the White Star name and was renamed Cunard Line, which continued
Oceanic_(unfinished_ship)
Type of passenger ship
Allies. The Hamburg America Line's trio, Imperator, Vaterland, and Bismarck, were divided between the Cunard Line, White Star Line, and the United States Lines
Ocean_liner
British marine engineer
career included service at sea with Blue Funnel Line, Manchester Liners, and Cunard-White Star Line, and ashore at Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering
Victoria_Drummond
Lend-Lease. Operated under the management of Cunard White Star Line Ltd. Sold in 1947 to The Bank Line Ltd and renamed Marabank. Operated under the management
List of Liberty ships (S–Samtyne)
List_of_Liberty_ships_(S–Samtyne)
Steam turbine ocean liner
she was taken over by the Great Britain government and placed under Cunard-White Star management. She was used as a troop transport and military hospital
SS_Pasteur
Ocean liner with four funnels
interrupted by World War One. White Star Line elected not to compete with Cunard over speed due to the excessive amount of coal Cunard's pair of turbine-driven
Four-funnel_liner
Lightvessel, sunk 1934
Employees's Compensation Act. LV-117 was replaced by the LV-112. The Cunard–White Star Line paid for the construction of LV-112 as reparation for the accident
United States lightship LV-117
United_States_lightship_LV-117
British shipping line
transporting immigrants, in 1879 the line started commissioning Blue Riband record breakers to compete against Cunard, White Star and Inman for first class passengers
Guion_Line
from Belfast, who had for many years been chief engineer for the Cunard White Star Line. The wreck lies at the position (53°13′N 10°40′W / 53.217°N 10
RMS_Carinthia_(1925)
Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
earliest tenants were booking offices for the Cunard-White Star Line, Furness Withy, and the Italian Line. Sinclair Oil leased seven stories in the building
International Building (Rockefeller Center)
International_Building_(Rockefeller_Center)
WBA featherweight title Sir Percy Bates (1879–1946): chairman of Cunard-White Star Line who oversaw the launch of the RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth
List of people from Merseyside
List_of_people_from_Merseyside
Ship class
Following her service as USS Imperator (ID-4080), she was transferred to the Cunard Line to replace the RMS Lusitania which sank in 1915. After a number of overhauls
Imperator-class_ocean_liner
Ship built in 1943
Ministry of War Transport and operated under the management of Cunard White Star Line. She came to the United Kingdom as part of Convoy HX267, which departed
HMS_Empire_Battleaxe
British C-class light cruiser
although the Admiralty filed a writ against Queen Mary's owners, Cunard White Star Line, on 22 September 1943 in the Admiralty Court of the High Court of
HMS_Curacoa_(D41)
Volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy
Sir James Bisset – British merchant sea captain, Commodore of the Cunard White Star Line (1944–47) Commander Joseph Boxhall – fourth officer of RMS Titanic
Royal_Naval_Reserve
Shipping company
Transportation (ACT), along with the Ben Line, Cunard (Port Line), Harrison Line and Ellerman Lines. Blue Star Line gradually moved towards containerization
Blue_Star_Line
August. To MoWT under Lend-Lease. Operated under the management of Cunard White Star Line. Returned to USMC in 1947, officially renamed Cornelius Cole. Laid
List_of_Liberty_ships_(C)
1947, completed 17 September 1947. RMS Parthia, passenger ship for Cunard-White Star Line, launched 25 February 1947, completed 7 April 1948, maiden voyage
List of ships built by Harland & Wolff (1930–2002)
List_of_ships_built_by_Harland_&_Wolff_(1930–2002)
World War II Liberty ship of the United States
1944. She was allocated to Cunard-White Star Line, on 31 March 1944. On 18 April 1947, she was sold to Cunard-White Star Line, and renamed Vardulia. She
SS_Samfoyle
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal. The Cunard White Star Line's RMS Queen Elizabeth was named after her. She launched the ship
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Queen_Elizabeth_the_Queen_Mother
Cruise line registered in Switzerland
the evacuation. StarLauro line went on to acquire the Enrico C from Costa Cruises, renaming the ship Symphony, and the former Cunard Princess, renaming
MSC_Cruises
Hillsborough disaster. 2013 19 December: Liverpool Post last published. Cunard Line resume cruising from Liverpool with the Queen Mary 2, the largest ocean
Timeline_of_Liverpool
British passenger liner that sank in 1912
International Mercantile Marine Co. (IMM). White Star faced an increasing challenge from its main rivals, Cunard Line—which, with the aid of the Admiralty,
Titanic
Surname list
Bisset (1883–1967), British merchant seaman and a Commodore of the Cunard White Star Line Clan Bissett Bissett (disambiguation) "Bisset Surname Meaning".
Bisset
British ocean liner (1907–1915)
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 as a Royal Mail Ship. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the
RMS_Lusitania
Vista-class cruise ship
MS Queen Elizabeth is a cruise ship of the Vista class operated by the Cunard. The design is modified compared to earlier ships of the same class, and
MS_Queen_Elizabeth
Listed building in Liverpool, England
merger of Cunard Line and White Star Line. The building is situated on the corner of The Strand and James Street. The facade is constructed from white Portland
Albion_House,_Liverpool
Canadian photographer
Robert Reford Company were the agents for the Cunard-White Star Line from 1911. Tickets for the Cunard Liners departing from Montreal were sold from the
Robert_Wilson_Reford
Die-cast miniature vehicles
Italia Line Rex 51d CPR Empress of Britain 51e P & O Strathaird 51f Furness Queen of Bermuda 51g Cunard White Star Britannic 52a Cunard/White Star Queen
Dinky_Toys
English-Motswana politician and missionary
and later a departmental manager in the Liverpool office of the Cunard White Star Line. His mother was a housewife. He did his primary and secondary schooling
Derek_Jones_(mayor)
British ship
SS Traffic was a tender of the White Star Line, and the fleetmate to the Nomadic. She was built for the White Star Line by Harland and Wolff, at Belfast
SS_Traffic_(1911)
Ocean liner (1973–2017)
in 1973 by Swan Hunter, England for the Norwegian America Line. In 1983 she was sold to Cunard, retaining her original name until 1999 when she was renamed
Vistafjord
and grow whilst local rivals, such as Cunard and White Star Line, disappeared or were absorbed by others. Bibby Line Group, today headed by the sixth generation
Bibby_Financial_Services
Street in the City of Westminster, London
House) - Residential mansion block 105 Hallam Street (Formerly Cunard White Star Line Lodge) - Residential mansion block 110 Hallam Street (Rossetti House)
Hallam_Street
Transatlantic liner and round-the-World cruise ship
cruise route from United States Lines' Leviathan and White Star Line's Olympic and Majestic. Cunard Line was also sending its liners on short cruises between
SS_Belgenland_(1914)
British passenger ship of the Cunard Line
competition from the British White Star Line and the German lines Norddeutscher Lloyd and Hamburg America (HAPAG). Cunard's largest liners, as of 1898 RMS Campania
RMS_Saxonia_(1899)
White Star Line steamship
allowing White Star to compete with a new generation of mainly rival British liners which had entered service in the 1880s, such as the Cunard Line's Umbria
RMS_Majestic_(1889)
British ocean liner
engagement announcements during a cruise. In 1934, the White Star Line and its rival, the Cunard Line, merged. The Doric was one of the ships to be preserved
SS_Doric_(1922)
British merchant navy captain (1856–1933)
RMS Lusitania Ultonia Turner joined Cunard Line in 1878 as Fourth Officer, following in his father's footsteps, and left Cunard in 1883 to gain additional experience
William_Thomas_Turner
Australian decorated soldier (1919–1976)
of the battalion before they boarded HMT X4 – the requisitioned Cunard-White Star Line ocean liner RMS Mauretania – on 5 May and sailed towards the Middle
Tim_Hughes_(soldier)
War Transport (MoWT), she was operated under the management of Cunard White Star Line Ltd. Returned to USMC in 1947 and renamed George Inness. Laid up
List_of_Liberty_ships_(G)
British children's transport sinking by Germany in 1940
an Ellerman passenger liner, all CORB voyages were operated by Cunard-White Star Line, though the crew remained an Ellerman crew. Oddly, if anything were
Sinking of the SS City of Benares
Sinking_of_the_SS_City_of_Benares
the ship". Cunard-WhiteStarLine.net. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2008. "S/S Aurania (2), Cunard Line". NorwayHeritage
RMS_Aurania_(1916)
Anchor Line, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Cunard Line, British & North Atlantic Steam Navigation Company, Hamburg America Line, Holland America Line, North
Atlantic Conference (organization)
Atlantic_Conference_(organization)
Large First World War troop ship, sunk in 1918
that Cunard Line would crew and operate her. However, Cunard was unable to raise a crew for her, so the Shipping Controller appointed White Star Line to
SS_Justicia
British merchant seaman (1869–1940)
November 1940) was a British merchant seaman and a seagoing officer for the Cunard Line. He is best known as the captain of the ocean liner RMS Carpathia, when
Arthur_Rostron
Former tender
Transbordement.[citation needed] Following the 1934 merger of White Star and Cunard Line and the opening of the enlarged port at Cherbourg which allowed
SS_Nomadic
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