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Cunard Line
Page 3 - Ocean Liners 1915-1939
This page is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of the Cunard Line. This page covers the inter-war period between 1915-1939. An alphabetical
list of ships
covered on this page is shown below. Beneath this is
Part 3 of the Fleet List
in chronological order. There is a table of individual ship histories on the
Cunard - Header Page
.
Ships Covered on this Page:-
Alaunia (2)
- (1925-44)
Andania
- (1922-40)
Antonia
- (1922-42)
Ascania (2)
- (1925-56)
Aurania (3)
- (1924-42)
Ausonia
- (1922-42)
Berengaria
- (1921-38)
Carinthia (1)
- (1925-40)
Flavia
(1902 - 9,285 gt)
Franconia (2)
- (1923-56)
Laconia
- (1922-42)
Lancastria
- (1924-40) - ex-
Tyrrhenia
Mauretania (2)
- (1939-65)
Queen Mary
(1936-67)
Samaria
- (1922-55)
Scythia
- (1921-57)
Tuscania
- (1926-31)
Tyrrhenia
- (1922-24) - later
Lancastria
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Cunard - Page 1
- Ocean Liners 1838-1899
Cunard - Page 2
- Ocean Liners 1900-1914
Cunard - Page 3
- Ocean Liners 1915-1939
- this page!
Cunard - Page 4
- Ocean Liners 1940-1970
Cunard - Page 5
- Cruise Ships 1971-
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Cunard Line Fleet List
Page 3 - Ocean Liners 1915-1939
Flavia
(1916-1918 - 9,285 gt)
Flavia was
built as the
Campanello
in 1902 for the Uranium SS Co. Cunard purchased her in 1916, and renamed her
Flavia
In 1918,
Flavia
was torpedoed and sunk off Ireland.
Royal George
( 1907 - 11,146 gt)
Royal George
was built in 1907 for the Canadian Northern SS Co. In 1916 she was purchased by Cunard Line. 1920 laid up, 1922 scrapped (known as "
Rolling George
").
Berengaria
(1921-1938 - 52,226 gt)
Berengaria
was built in 1913 as the
Imperator
of
Hamburg America Line
. She was taken over by the UK as a war reparation, and in 1920 was purchased by Cunard and White Star lines jointly. In 1921 she entered Cunard Line service as the
Berengaria
. In 1938
Berengaria
was sold for scrapping after a fire at New York.
Complete history of
Imperator & Berengaria
An official Cunard Line postcard of
Berengaria
.
An official Cunard Line postcard of
Berengaria
.
An official Cunard Line postcard of
Berengaria
.
C.R.Hoffman (Southampton) postcard of
Berengaria
.
Postcard of
Berengaria
.
Postcard of
Berengaria
passing through the Fleet at Spithead.
Scythia - (1921-57)
Cunard Line postcard of
Scythia
.
Cunard Line postcard of
Scythia
.
Cunard White Star Line postcard of
Scythia
.
Samaria - (1922-55)
Cunard Line postcard of
Samaria
.
Cunard Line postcard of
Samaria
.
A variation on the card above, with additional ships and background. I presume these were added later, since
Samaria
appears to be steaming at full speed very close to the tug!
Cunard Line postcard of
Samaria
.
Postcard of
Samaria
.
Laconia - (1922-42)
Cunard White Star Line postcard of
Laconia
.
Cunard White Star Line postcard of
Laconia
.
Photographic postcard of
Laconia
.
Photographic postcard of
Laconia
.
Tyrrhenia - (1922-24)
Lancastria - (1924-40)
Tyrrhenia
was built for Cunard in 1922. The name was not a success, and she was renamed
Lancastria
in 1924. She was bombed and sunk while evacuating troops from St Nazaire in 1940 with a loss of over 5000 lives.
Cunard Line postcard of
Tyrrhenia
.
Cunard Line postcard of
Lancastria
.
Cunard Line postcard of
Lancastria
.
Photographic postcard of
Lancastria
.
Photographic postcard of
Lancastria
.
Photographic postcard of
Lancastria
.
Andania - (1922-40)
A Cunard Line official card of
Andania
.
A Cunard Line official card of
Andania
.
A Cunard Line official card of
Andania
.
A Cunard Line official card of
Andania
.
A Cunard White Star Line official card of
Andania
.
A Cunard White Star Line official card of
Andania
.
A photographic card of
Andania
.
Antonia - (1922-42)
A Cunard Line official card of
Antonia
.
A Cunard Line official card of
Antonia
.
A Cunard Line official card of
Antonia
.
A Cunard Line official card of
Antonia
.
Ausonia (2) (1922-42)
A Cunard Line official card of
Ausonia (2)
.
A Cunard Line official card of
Ausonia (2)
.
A Cunard White Star Line official card of
Ausonia (2)
.
Photographic postcard of
Ausonia (2)
.
Photographic postcard of