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Aquitania


This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Cunard Liner Aquitania.

Aquitania was built for Cunard by John Brown & Co on the Clyde. After her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on 30th May 1914, Aquitania made two more Atlantic crossings before the start of WW1. During the war she served as an armed merchant cruiser, troopship, hospital ship and again a troop transport. Aquitania returned to Cunard Line service in June 1919, but was soon taken out of service again for refitting and conversion from coal to oil firing.
In 1920, Cunard transferred its principal New York service from Liverpool to Southampton.

In WW2, Aquitania again served as a troop transport. Between 1948-49, Aquitania was placed on a Southampton-Halifax austerity route; her last transatlantic crossing was from Halifax (departing 24 November 1949) to Southampton (arriving 1 December 1949). Aquitania was scrapped in 1950, after making 443 transatlantic roundtrips, steaming over 3 million miles and carrying almost 1.2 million passengers.


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powered by FreeFind Aquitania Under Construction Postcard of Aquitania before launch Click to open larger image in new tab/window Postcard of Aquitania entering the water Click to open larger image in new tab/window Postcard of Aquitania entering the water Click to open larger image in new tab/window Postcard of Aquitania entering the water Sepia variation on the card above Postcard of Aquitania afloat Click to open larger image in new tab/window Postcard of Aquitania afloat Click to open larger image in new tab/window Colour Art Postcards Cunard Line postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Cunard Line postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Cunard Line postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Cunard Line postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Cunard Line postcard of Aquitania.
Cunard Line postcard of Aquitania.
Cunard Line postcard of Aquitania.
Cunard Line postcard advertising Mauretania, Aquitania and Berengaria (the post-WW1 express fleet) Click to open larger image in new tab/window Cunard Line postcard of Mauretania, advertising Mauretania, Aquitania and Berengaria (the post-WW1 express fleet) Click to open larger image in new tab/window Cunard White Star Line postcard A2585 of Aquitania, with flying boat on left. Click to open larger image in new tab/window Cunard White Star Line postcard A2585 of Aquitania, with flying boat on left. Alternative copy of the card above Cunard White Star Line postcard A2585 of Aquitania, with flying boat on left. Alternative copy of the card above Cunard White Star Line postcard of Aquitania.
Same image as cards above, but without flying boat on left.
Card posted 1948 - Scan: Shayne Kelly.
Postcard of Aquitania, posted in 1913 Click to open larger image in new tab/window Postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window US-published postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Monochrome Printed Postcards Sectional view postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Postcard of Aquitania.
Postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Postcard of Aquitania.
Postcard of Aquitania.
Slight variation on the card above - note Tonnage font.
Postcard of Aquitania.
Variation on the postcard image above.
Postcard of Aquitania as a WW1 hospital ship.
Cherbourg postcard labelled as Aquitania, but actually showing Olympic.
Real Photographic Postcards C.R.Hoffman photographic postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Photographic postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Photographic postcard of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Bridge House (WH Smith) photographic postcard S20226 of Aquitania, posted in 1948 Click to open larger image in new tab/window Kingsway (WH Smith) photographic postcard S.14767 of Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Photographic postcard of Aquitania.
F.G.O.Stuart photographic postcard of Aquitania.
Photographic postcard of Aquitania.
Kirk's photographic postcard of Aquitania.
Photograph of Aquitania as a WW2 troop ship.
Valentine's aerial photographic postcard 224335 of liners at Southampton, including Aquitania Other liners include Majestic, Berengaria, Homeric, Empress of Britain, plus Union Castle and Royal Mail Lines ships Click to open larger image in new tab/window Interiors Postcards Second Cabin Dining Room on Aquitania - from a 1914 set of coloured interiors Click to open larger image in new tab/window First Class Drawing Room on Aquitania - from a 1914 set of coloured interiors Click to open larger image in new tab/window Second Cabin Smoking Room on Aquitania - from a 1914 set of coloured interiors Click to open larger image in new tab/window Second Cabin Drawing Room on Aquitania - from a 1914 set of coloured interiors Click to open larger image in new tab/window Grill Room on Aquitania - from a 1914 set of coloured interiors Click to open larger image in new tab/window Garden Lounge on Aquitania - from a 1914 set of coloured interiors Click to open larger image in new tab/window Main staircase on Aquitania - from a 1914 set of coloured interiors Click to open larger image in new tab/window Swimming Pool on Aquitania - from a 1914 set of coloured interiors Click to open larger image in new tab/window A Salon or Writing Room on Aquitania - from a 1914 set of coloured interiors Click to open larger image in new tab/window Restaurant on Aquitania - from a 1914 set of coloured interiors Click to open larger image in new tab/window Set of sepia interior portcards of Aquitania.



Swimming Bath & Gymnasium on Aquitania.
Set of sepia interior portcards.



Three copies of postcards of the Palladian Lounge on Aquitania.
Note variations in titles at the base.
Set of sepia interior portcards.



Garden Lounge on Aquitania.
Set of sepia interior portcards.



The Long Gallery on Aquitania.
Set of sepia interior portcards.



Smoking Room on Aquitania.
Set of sepia interior portcards.



Louis XVI Restaurant on Aquitania.
Set of sepia interior portcards.
Garden Lounge on Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Elizabethan Grill Room on Aquitania Click to open larger image in new tab/window Real photographic postcard of the Garden Lounge on Aquitania.
Modern Postcards


CT Publishing postcard featuring a rare colour photograph of Aquitania.
Photo: John Blake, Southampton, 1948
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