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AQUITANIA (1914, Cunard Line) a
AQUITANIA (1914, Cunard Line) a

AQUITANIA (1914, Cunard Line) a

postcard, 6.5" x 4.5", 165mm x 115mm

Product information

postcard by Beric Tempest for Merseyside Museums, 

not posted, 

6.5" x 4.5", 165mm x 115mm (approx)

our ref: SXL171

AQUITANIA (Cunard Line)

Built by John Brown, she made her maiden voyage in May 1914 and completed 3 transatlantic round trips before being requisitioned as an armed merchant cruiser at the start of WW1. In 1915 she was converted into a troopship and in 1916 into a hospital ship. She returned to trooping in 1917, and returned to commercial service in 1919. She was requisitioned again in 1939, as a troopship, being converted at Sydney, Australia. She repatriated American troops after the war and then made 'austerity' voyages from Southampton to Halifax. She was broken up in 1950, the last active 4-funnelled liner. (Arundel Castle outlived her but had been rebuilt with 2 funnels in 1937).

Technical specifications

Brand: Beric Tempest
Condition: Used
Product Code: SXL171e

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