List of Cunard Line ships
The following is a list of ships operated by the Cunard Line.
Fleet
The Cunard fleet, all built for Cunard unless otherwise indicated, consisted of the following ships in order of acquisition:[1]
1840–1850
All ships of this period had wooden hulls and paddle wheels.
Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes | Image |
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Unicorn | 1836 | 1840–1845 | Express | 650 | Coastal steamer purchased for Montreal service, sold 1846 | |
Britannia | 1840 | 1840–1849 | Express | 1,150 | Eastbound record holder, sold to North German Navy 1849 | |
Acadia | 1840 | 1840–1849 | Express | 1,150 | Sold to North German Navy 1849 | |
Caledonia | 1840 | 1840–1850 | Express | 1,138[2] | Sold to Spanish Navy 1850 | |
Columbia | 1841 | 1840–1843 | Express | 1,150 | Blue Riband, wrecked 1843 without loss of life | |
Hibernia | 1843 | 1843–1850 | Express | 1,422[2] | Eastbound record holder, sold to Spanish Navy 1850 | |
Cambria | 1845 | 1844–1860 | Express | 1,423[2] | Blue Riband, sold to Italian owners 1860 | |
Margaret | 1839 | 1842–1872 | Express | 750 | Bought from G & J Burns. Sold in 1856 for use as a coal hulk. | |
America | 1848 | 1848–1866 | Express | 1,826[2] | Blue Riband, sold 1863 and converted to sail, scrapped 1875 | |
Niagara | 1848 | 1848–1866 | Express | 1,824[2] | Sold 1866 and converted to sail, wrecked 1875 | |
Satellite | 1848 | 1848–1902 | Tender | 175 | Scrapped in 1902 | |
Europa | 1848 | 1848–1866 | Express | 1,834[2] | Blue Riband, sold 1867 | |
Canada | 1848 | 1848–1867 | Express | 1,831[2] | Eastbound record holder, sold 1866 and converted to sail, scrapped 1883 | |
Asia | 1850 | 1850–1867 | Express | 2,250 | Blue Riband, sold 1868, scrapped 1883 | |
Africa | 1850 | 1850–1868 | Express | 2,250 | Sold 1868 |
1850–1869
Only Arabia had a wooden hull and only Arabia, Persia, Shamrock, Jackal and Scotia had paddle wheels.
Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes | Image |
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Shamrock | 1847 | 1851–1854 | Intermediate | 714 | Sold in 1854 | |
Arabia | 1852 | 1852–1864 | Express | 2,400 | Sold 1864 and converted to sail, sank 1868[3] | |
Andes | 1852 | 1852–1859 | Intermediate | 1,400 | Sold to Spanish Government 1859 | |
Alps | 1852 | 1852–1859 | Intermediate | 1,400 | Sold to Spanish Government 1859 | |
Karnak | 1853 | 1853–1862 | Intermediate | 1,116 | Wrecked 1862 | |
Melita | 1853 | 1853–1861 | Intermediate | 1,254 | Sold 1855 | |
Jackal | 1853 | 1853–1893 | Tender | 180 | Scrapped in 1893. | |
Delta | 1853 | 1854–1899 | Intermediate | 645 | Sold[4] | |
Curlew | 1853 | 1853–1856 | Intermediate | 523 | Wrecked 1856 | |
Jura | 1854 | 1854–1861 | Intermediate | 2,200 | Sold to Allan Line 1860, wrecked off Liverpool 1864[3] | |
Etna | 1855 | 1855–1860 | Intermediate | 2,200 | Sold to Inman Line 1860, scrapped 1896[3] | |
Emeu | 1854 | 1854-1858 | Intermediate | 1,538 | Purchased from Australasian Pacific Mail in 1855. Chartered in 1857 to European & Australasian Pacific Mail, then sold to P&O in 1858. Troop transport in the Crimean War. | |
Persia | 1856 | 1856–1868 | Express | 3,300 | Blue Riband, taken out of service 1868 and scrapped 1872 | |
Stromboli | 1856 | 1859–1878 | Intermediate | 734 | Wrecked 1878 | |
Italian | 1855 | 1855–1864 | Intermediate | 784 | Sold 1864 | |
Lebanon | 1854 | 1855–1859 | Intermediate | 1,000 | Sold 1870 | |
Palestine | 1858 | 1858–1870 | Intermediate | 1,000 | Sold 1870 | |
Australasian Calabria |
1857 | 1859–1876 | Intermediate | 2,700 | Built for other owners, sold 1876, scrapped 1898[3] | |
Atlas | 1860 | 1860–1896 | Intermediate | 2,393 | Lengthened and re-engined in 1873, scrapped 1896[3] | |
Damascus | 1860 | 1856-1860 | Intermediate | 1,213 | Sold 1881 | |
Kedar | 1860 | 1860–1897 | Intermediate | 1,783 | Scrapped 1897 | |
Balbec | 1852 | 1853–1884 | Intermediate | 1,783 | Scrapped 1884 | |
Marathon | 1860 | 1860–1898 | Intermediate | 2,403 | scrapped 1898 | |
Morocco | 1861 | 1861–1896 | Intermediate | 1,855 | Scrapped 1896 | |
China | 1862 | 1862–1880 | Intermediate | 2,638 | Sold to Spanish Government 1880 | |
British Queen | 1849 | 1852–1898 | Intermediate | 772 | Scrapped 1898 | |
Scotia | 1862 | 1862–1878 | Express | 3,850 | Blue Riband, Cunard's last paddle steamer, sold 1878 and converted to cable layer. Wrecked 1904[3] | |
Hecla | 1863 | 1860–1881 | Intermediate | 1,785 | Sold 1881 | |
Alpha | 1863 | 1863–1869 | Intermediate | 653 | Sold 1869 | |
Sidon | 1863 | 1861–1885 | Intermediate | 1,872 | wrecked 1885 | |
Corscia | 1863 | 1863–1867 | Intermediate | 1,134 | Sold 1868 | |
Olympus | 1863 | 1860–1881 | Intermediate | 1,794 | Sold 1881 | |
Tripoli | 1863 | 1863–1872 | Intermediate | 2,057 | Wrecked on Tuskar Rock, Wexford 1872 | |
Cuba | 1864 | 1864–1876 | Express | 2,700 | Sold 1876 and converted to sail, wrecked 1887[3] | |
Aleppo | 1865 | 1865–1909 | Intermediate | 2,056 | Scrapped 1909[3] | |
Java | 1865 | 1865–1877 | Express | 2,700 | Sold 1878 to Red Star Line, and renamed Zeeland, lost at sea 1895[3] | |
Palmyra | 1866 | 1866–1896 | Intermediate | 2,044 | Scrapped 1896 | |
Malta | 1866 | 1865–1889 | Intermediate | 2,132 | Wrecked 1899 | |
Russia | 1867 | 1867–1879 | Express | 2,950 | Sold to Red Star Line 1880 and renamed Waesland. Resold and renamed Philadelphia, sank after a collision 1902[3] | |
Siberia | 1867 | 1867–1880 | Intermediate | 2,550 | Sold to Spanish owners 1880, renamed Manila, wrecked 1882[3] | |
Samaria | 1868 | 1868–1902 | Intermediate | 2,550 | Sold 1892 |
1869–1901
Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes | Image |
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Batavia | 1870 | 1870–1888 | Intermediate | 2,550 | Traded in for Oregon 1884, scrapped 1924 | |
Abyssinia | 1870 | 1870–1880 | Express | 3,250 | Sold to Guion Line 1880, destroyed by fire at sea 1891[3] | |
Algeria | 1870 | 1870–1881 | Express | 3,250 | Sold to Red Star Line 1881, scrapped 1903[3] | |
Parthia | 1870 | 1870–1884 | Intermediate | 3,150 | Traded in for Oregon 1884, scrapped 1956 | |
Beta | 1873 | 1874–1888 | intermediate | 1,070 | Sold 1889 | |
Bothnia | 1874 | 1874–1899 | Express | 4,550 | Sold 1896, scrapped 1899 | |
Saragossa | 1874 | 1874–1909 | Intermediate | 2,263 | Sold 1880, scrapped 1909 | |
Nantes | 1874 | 1873–1888 | Intermediate | 1,473 | Sank in 1888[5] | |
Brest | 1874 | 1874–1879 | Intermediate | 1,472 | Wrecked in 1879 | |
Cherbourg | 1875 | 1875–1909 | intermediate | 1,614 | Scrapped 1909 | |
Scythia | 1875 | 1875–1899 | Express | 4,550 | Sold for scrap 1898[3] | |
Gallia | 1879 | 1879–1897 | Express | 4,550 | Sold to Beaver Line 1897, scrapped 1900[3] | |
Otter | 1880 | 1880–1920 | Tender | 287 | Sold in 1920. | |
Catalonia | 1881 | 1881–1901 | Intermediate | 4,850 | Requisitioned for use in the Second Boer War, scrapped 1901 | |
Cephalonia | 1882 | 1882–1900 | Intermediate | 5,500 | Sold to Russian Navy 1900, sunk Port Arthur 1904[3] during the Russo-Japanese War | |
Pavonia | 1882 | 1882–1900 | Intermediate | 5,500 | Sold and scrapped 1900[3] | |
Servia | 1881 | 1881–1902 | Express | 7,400 | First Cunarder with a steel hull and electric lights, scrapped 1902 | |
Aurania | 1883 | 1883–1905 | Express | 7,250 | Sold and scrapped 1905[3] | |
Oregon | 1883 | 1884–1886 | Express | 7,400 | Blue Riband, built for Guion Line, purchased by Cunard 1884, sank 1886 without loss of life | |
Umbria | 1884 | 1884–1910 | Express | 7,700 | Blue Riband, with Etruria one of the two last Cunarders to carry sails, scrapped 1910[3] | |
Etruria | 1884 | 1885–1909 | Express | 7,700 | Blue Riband, with Umbria one of the two last Cunarders to carry sails, scrapped 1910[3] | |
Skirmisher | 1884 | 1884–1945 | Tender | 612 | Scrapped in 1947 | |
Campania | 1893 | 1893–1914 | Express | 12,900 | Blue Riband, sold to Royal Navy 1914 and converted to aircraft carrier HMS Campania, sank 1918[3] | |
Lucania | 1893 | 1893–1909 | Express | 12,900 | Blue Riband, scrapped after fire 1909 | |
Sylvania | 1895 | 1895–1910 | Cargo ship | 5,598 | sold in 1910 | |
Carinthia | 1895 | 1895–1900 | Cargo ship | 5,598 | Used as a troop transport in the Boer War. Wrecked off Haiti in 1900 | |
Pavia | 1897 | 1897–1928 | Cargo ship | 2,945 | scrapped in 1928 | |
Tyria | 1897 | 1897–1928 | Cargo ship | 2,936 | sold in 1928 | |
Cypria | 1898 | 1898–1928 | Cargo ship | 2,396 | scrapped in 1928 | |
Veria | 1899 | 1899–1915 | Cargo ship | 3,229 | sunk by a torpedo 1915 | |
Ultonia | 1899 | 1898–1917 | Intermediate | 10,400 | Sunk by SM U-53 1917 | |
Ivernia | 1900 | 1900–1917 | Intermediate | 14,250 | Sunk by SM UB-47 1917 | |
Saxonia | 1900 | 1900–1925 | Intermediate | 14,250 | Scrapped 1925 |
1901–1918
Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes | Image |
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Brescia | 1903 | 1903–1931 | Cargo ship | 3,225 | Scrapped in 1931. | |
Carpathia | 1903 | 1903–1918 | Intermediate | 13,600 | Rescued survivors from Titanic, later sunk by SM U-55 1918. | |
Slavonia | 1903 | 1903–1909 | Intermediate | 10,606 | Wrecked 1909. | |
Pannonia | 1903 | 1903–1914 | Intermediate | 9,851 | Chartered by Anchor Line 1914 for 4 trips, scrapped 1922. | |
Caronia | 1905 | 1905–1932 | Intermediate | 19,650 | Scrapped 1932. | |
Carmania | 1905 | 1905–1932 | Intermediate | 19,650 | Scrapped 1932. | |
Lusitania | 1907 | 1907–1915 | Express | 31,550 | Blue Riband, sunk by U-20 1915. | |
Mauretania | 1907 | 1907–1934 | Express | 31,938 | Blue Riband, scrapped 1935. | |
Lycia | 1896 | 1909–1917 | Cargo ship | 2,715 | Captured by SM UC-65 and sunk by bombs 1917 | |
Phrygia | 1900 | 1909–1928 | Cargo ship | 3,352 | Sold in 1928 and scrapped in 1933. | |
Thracia | 1895 | 1909–1917 | Cargo ship | 2,891 | Sunk by SM UC-69 1917 | |
Franconia | 1911 | 1911–1916 | Intermediate | 18,100 | Sunk by SM UB-47 1916 | |
Albania | 1900 | 1911–1912 | Intermediate | 7,650 | Built for Thompson Line, purchased by Cunard 1911, sold to Bank Line 1912, scrapped 1930[3] | |
Ausonia | 1909 | 1911–1918 | Intermediate | 7,907 | Ex-Tortona built for Thompson Line, purchased by Cunard 1911, sunk by SM U-62 30 May 1918. | |
Ascania | 1911 | 1911–1918 | Intermediate | 9,100 | Wrecked 1918 | |
Caria | 1900 | 1911–1915 | Cargo ship | 3,023 | Sunk by U boat in 1915 | |
Laconia | 1912 | 1912–1917 | Intermediate | 18,100 | Sunk by SM U-50 1917 | |
Andania | 1913 | 1913–1918 | Intermediate | 13,400 | Sunk by SM U-46 1918 | |
Alaunia | 1913 | 1913–1916 | Intermediate | 13,400 | Sunk by mine 1916 | |
Aquitania | 1914 | 1914–1950 | Express | 45,647 | Served in both world wars, longest serving Cunard liner until Scythia in 1956, scrapped 1950 | |
Transylvania | 1914 | 1914–1917 | Intermediate | 14,348 | Sunk by U-63 in 1917 | |
Orduna | 1914 | 1914–1921 | Intermediate | 15,700 | Built for PSN Co, acquired by Cunard 1914, returned to PSN 1921, scrapped 1951 | |
Volodia | 1913 | 1915–1917 | Cargo ship | 5,689 | Sunk SM U-93 1917 | |
Vandalia | 1912 | 1915–1918 | Cargo ship | 7,334 | Sunk by U boat in 1918 | |
Vinovia | 1906 | 1915–1917 | Cargo ship | 7,046 | Sunk by U boat 1917 | |
Valeria | 1913 | 1915-1918 | Cargo ship | 5.865 | caught fire in 1918 no casualties but the ship was a total loss. | |
Aurania | 1916 | 1916–1918 | Intermediate | 13,400 | Sunk by SM UB-67 in 1918 | |
Valacia | 1916 | 1916–1931 | Cargo ship | 6,526 | Sold in 1931 Later sunk by U-103 in 1941. | |
Royal George | 1907 | 1916–1920 | Intermediate | 11,142 | Ex Heliopolis Served on the Liverpool to New York route. Scrapped 1922. | |
Justicia | 1917 | Never operated | Intermediate | 32,120 | Acquired from the Holland America Line but never operated for Cunard due to a crew shortage, and was handed over to the White Star Line. | |
Feltria | 1891 | 1916–1917 | Intermediate | 2,254 | Sunk by UC-48 in 1917. | |
Flavia | 1902 | 1916–1918 | Intermediate | 9,285 | Sunk by U-107 In 1918. | |
Folia | 1907 | 1916–1917 | Intermediate | 6,560 | Sunk by U-53 in 1917. |
1918–1934
Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes | Image |
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Virgilia | 1918 | 1919–1925 | Cargo ship | 5,697 | Sold in 1925. | |
Vindelia | 1918 | 1919-1919 | Cargo ship | 4,430 | Sold to Anchor Line 1919. | |
Verentia | 1918 | 1919-1919 | Cargo ship | 4,430 | Sold to Anchor Line 1919. | |
Vitellia | 1918 | 1919–1926 | Cargo ship | 5,185 | Sold 1926. | |
Vardulia | 1917 | 1919–1926 | Cargo ship | 5,691 | Sold in 1929 later sunk in 1935. | |
Verbania | 1918 | 1919–1926 | Cargo ship | 5,021 | Sold 1926. | |
Vennonia | 1918 | 1919–1923 | Cargo ship | 4,430 | Sold 1923. | |
Vasconia | 1918 | 1919–1927 | Cargo ship | 5,680 | Sold to Japan 1927. | |
Venusia | 1918 | 1919–1926 | Cargo ship | 5,223 | Sold 1923. | |
Vauban | 1912 | 1919–1922 | Intermediate | 10,660 | Chartered from Lamport & Holt Line for six voyages, scrapped 1932.[3] | |
Vestris | 1912 | 1919–1922 | Intermediate | 10,494 | Chartered from Lamport & Holt Line for six voyages, Wrecked in 1928. | |
Vasari | 1908 | 1919–1921 | Intermediate | 8,401 | Chartered from Lamport & Holt Line for seven voyages | |
Vellavia | 1918 | 1919–1925 | Cargo ship | 5,272 | Sold in 1925. | |
Albania | 1920 | 1920–1930 | Intermediate | 12,750 | Sold to Libera Triestina 1930 and renamed California, sunk by Fleet Air Arm Swordfish[3] | |
Satellite | 1896 | 1920–1924 | Tender | 333 | Scrapped in 1924. | |
Berengaria | 1913 | 1921–1938 | Express | 52,117 | Built by Hapag as Imperator, purchased by Cunard 1921, sold for scrap 1938 | |
Scythia | 1921 | 1921–1958 | Intermediate | 19,700 | Longest serving liner until QE2 in 2005, scrapped 1958 | |
Cameronia | 1921 | 1921–1924 | Intermediate | 16,365 | Chartered from the Anchor Line | |
Emperor Of India | 1914 | 1921-1921 | Intermediate | 11,430 | Chartered from P&O for one voyage. | |
Empress Of India | 1907 | 1921-1921 | Intermediate | 16,992 | Chartered from Canadian and Pacific line for two voyages. | |
Andania | 1921 | 1921–1940 | Intermediate | 13,900 | Sunk by UA 1940. | |
Samaria | 1922 | 1922–1955 | Intermediate | 19,700 | Scrapped 1955 | |
Vandyck | 1921 | 1922–1922 | Intermediate | 13,234 | Chartered from Lamport Holt line for 1 voyage | |
Laconia | 1922 | 1922–1942 | Intermediate | 19,700 | Sunk by U-156 1942 | |
Saturnia | 1910 | 1922–1924 | Cargo liner | 8,611 | Chartered from Donaldson Line | |
Antonia | 1922 | 1922–1942 | Intermediate | 13,900 | Sold to Admiralty 1942, scrapped 1948[3] | |
Ausonia | 1922 | 1922–1942 | Intermediate | 13,900 | Sold to Admiralty 1942, scrapped 1965[3] | |
Lancastria | 1922 | 1922–1940 | Intermediate | 16,250 | Built as Tyrrhenia, sunk by bombing 1940 | |
Athenia | 1923 | 1923–1935 | Intermediate | 13,465 | Transferred to Anchor Donaldson, sunk by U-30 1939[3] | |
Lotharingia | 1923 | 1923–1933 | Tender | 1,256 | Sold in 1933 | |
Alsatia | 1923 | 1923–1933 | Tender | 1,310 | Sold in 1933 | |
Franconia | 1923 | 1923–1956 | Intermediate | 20,200 | Scrapped 1956 | |
Aurania | 1924 | 1924–1942 | Intermediate | 14,000 | Sold to Admiralty 1942, scrapped 1961[3] | |
Cassandra | 1924 | 1924–1929 | Cargo liner | 8,135 | Chartered from Donaldson Line, sold 1929, scrapped 1934[3] | |
Carinthia | 1925 | 1925–1940 | Ocean liner | 20,200 | Sunk by U-46 1940 | |
Letitia | 1925 | 1925–1935 | Intermediate | 13,475 | Transferred to Anchor Donaldson 1935 | |
Ascania | 1925 | 1925–1956 | Intermediate | 14,000 | Scrapped 1956 | |
Alaunia | 1925 | 1925–1944 | Intermediate | 14,000 | Sold to Admiralty 1944, scrapped 1957. | |
Tuscania | 1921 | 1926–1931 | Intermediate | 16,991 | Chartered from the Anchor Line. | |
Bantria | 1928 | 1928-1954 | Cargo ship | 2,402 | Sold to Costa Line 1954 and renamed Giorgina Celli. | |
Bactria | 1928 | 1928–1954 | Cargo ship | 2,407 | Sold to Costa Rica 1954 and renamed Theo. | |
Bothnia | 1928 | 1928–1955 | Cargo ship | 2,402 | Sold to Panama 1955 and renamed Emily. | |
Bosnia | 1928 | 1928–1939 | Cargo ship | 2,402 | Sunk by U-47 in 1939. |
1934–1949
See also: White Star Line's Olympic, Homeric, Majestic, Doric, and Laurentic.
Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes | Image |
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Queen Mary | 1936 | 1936–1967 | Express | 80,774 (1936) 81,237 (1947) |
WWII troopship 1940–1945; Blue Riband, sold 1967, now a stationary hotel ship | |
Mauretania | 1939 | 1939–1965 | Express | 35,738 | WWII troopship 1940–1945; scrapped by 1966 | |
Queen Elizabeth | 1940 | 1946–1968 | Express | 83,673 | WWII troopship 1940–1945, sold to The Queen Corporation in 1968, renamed Elizabeth; auctioned off to Tung Chao Yung in 1970, refitted as a floating university, renamed Seawise University, destroyed by fire in 1972; partially scrapped 1974–1975 | |
Valacia | 1943 | 1946–1950 | Cargo ship | 7,052 | Sold to Bristol city line 1950 | |
Vasconia | 1944 | 1946–1950 | Cargo ship | 7,058 | Sold to Blue star line 1950 | |
Media | 1947 | 1947–1961 | Passenger-cargo liner | 13,350 | Sold to Cogedar Line 1961, refitted as an ocean liner, renamed Flavia; sold to Virtue Shipping Company in 1969, renamed Flavian; sold to Panama, renamed Lavia in 1982, caught fire and sank in 1989 in Hong Kong Harbour during refitting and was scrapped afterwards in Taiwan[3] | |
Asia | 1947 | 1947–1963 | Cargo ship | 8,723 | Sold to Taiwan 1963 and renamed Shirley | |
Brescia | 1945 | 1947–1966 | Cargo ship | 3,834 | Ex Hickory Isle Purchased from MOWT 1947 sold to Panama 1966 and renamed Timber One | |
Parthia | 1947 | 1947–1961 | Passenger-cargo liner | 13,350 | Sold to P&O 1961, renamed Remuera; transferred to P&O's Eastern and Australian Steamship Company in 1964, refitted as a cruise ship, renamed Aramac; scrapped in Taiwan by 1970[3] | |
Vardulia | 1944 | 1947-1968 | Cargo ship | 7,176 | Scrapped in 1968 | |
Britannic | 1930 | 1949–1960 | Intermediate | 26,943
(1930) 27,666 (1947) |
Built for White Star Line, scrapped 1960 | |
Georgic | 1931 | 1949–1956 | Intermediate | 27,759 | Built for White Star Line, scrapped 1956 | |
Caronia | 1949 | 1949–1968 | Cruise ship | 34,183 | Sold to Star Shipping 1968, renamed Columbia; renamed Caribia in 1969; wrecked 1974 at Apra Harbor, Guam and broke up while being towed to Taiwan to be scrapped |
1949–1968
Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes | Image |
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Assyria | 1950 | 1950–1963 | Cargo ship | 8663 | Sold to Greece as Laertis | |
Alsatia | 1948 | 1951–1963 | Cargo ship | 7226 | 1951 ex Silverplane purchased from Silver Line, 1963 sold to Taiwan, renamed Union Freedom | |
Andria | 1948 | 1951–1963 | Cargo ship | 7228 | 1951 ex Silverbriar purchased from Silver Line, 1963 sold to Taiwan, renamed Union Faith. Sank on 6 April 1969 after a collision and fire. | |
Pavia | 1953 | 1953–1965 | Cargo ship | 3,411 | Sold to Greece as Toula N 1965 | |
Lycia | 1954 | 1954–1965 | Cargo ship | 3,543 | Served on Great Lakes trade in 1964. Sold to Greece a year later and renamed Flora N | |
Saxonia Carmania |
1954 | 1954–1962 1962–1973 |
Canadian service Cruise ship |
21,637 21,370 |
Refitted as cruise ship in 1962, renamed Carmania; sold to the Black Sea Shipping Company, Soviet Union 1973, renamed Leonid Sobinov, scrapped 1999 | |
Phrygia | 1955 | 1955–1965 | Cargo ship | 3,534 | Served on Cunard Great Lakes route in 1964. Sold to Panama a year later and renamed Dimitris N | |
Ivernia Franconia |
1955 | 1955–1963 1963–1973 |
Canadian service Cruise ship |
21,800 | Refitted as cruise ship in 1963, renamed Franconia; sold to the Far Eastern Shipping Company, Soviet Union 1973, renamed Fedor Shalypin; transferred to the Black Sea Shipping Company in 1980; transferred to the Odessa Cruise Company in 1992; scrapped 2004[3] | |
Carinthia | 1956 | 1956–1968 | Canadian service | 21,800 | Sold to Sitmar Line 1968, refitted as a full-time cruise ship, renamed Fairsea; transferred to Princess Cruises, renamed Fair Princess in 1988 when Sitmar was sold to P&O; transferred to P&O Cruises Australia in 1996; sold to China Sea Cruises in 2000, renamed China Sea Discovery; scrapped 2005 or 2006 | |
Sylvania | 1957 | 1957–1968 | Canadian service | 21,800 | Sold to Sitmar Line 1968, renamed Fairwind, renamed Sitmar Fairland in 1988; transferred to Princess Cruises, renamed Dawn Princess; sold to V-Ships in 1993, renamed Albatros; sold to the Alang, India scrapyard, renamed Genoa and scrapped 2004 | |
Andania | 1959 | 1959–1969 | Cargo liner | 7,004 | Sold to Brocklebank Line in 1969 | |
Alaunia | 1960 | 1960–1969 | Cargo liner | 7,004 | Sold to Brocklebank Line in 1969 | |
Arabia | 1955 | 1967–1969 | Cargo liner | 3,803 | Ex-Castilian chartered from Ellerman Lines | |
Nordia | 1961 | 1961–1963 | Cargo ship | 4,560 | sold 1963 | |
Media | 1963 | 1963–1971 | Cargo ship | 5,586 | Sold 1971 to Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission renamed Beroona | |
Parthia | 1963 | 1963–1971 | Cargo ship | 5,586 | Sold 1971 to Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission renamed Wambiri | |
Saxonia | 1963 | 1963–1970 | Cargo ship | 5,586 | Sold to Brocklabank Line renamed Maharonda | |
Sarmania | 1964 | 1964–1969 | Cargo ship | 5,837 | Sold 1969 to T & J. Harrison, Liverpool renamed Scholar | |
Scythia | 1964 | 1964–1969 | Cargo ship | 5,837 | Sold 1969 to T & J. Harrison, Liverpool renamed Merchant | |
Ivernia | 1964 | 1964–1970 | Cargo ship | 5,586 | Sold 1970 to Brocklebank Line renamed Manipur | |
Scotia | 1966 | 1966–1970 | Cargo ship | 5,837 | Sold 1970 to Singapore renamed Neptune Amber |
1968–1999
Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT/GT | Notes | Image |
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Queen Elizabeth 2 | 1969 | 1969–2008 | Ocean Liner | 70,327 | Sold 2008, Last ocean liner built for Cunard until the QM2, longest serving Cunarder in history; operating as a floating hotel in Dubai since April 2018[6] | |
Atlantic Causeway | 1969 | 1970–1986 | Container ship | 14,950 | Scrapped in 1986 | |
Atlantic Conveyor | 1970 | 1970–1982 | Container ship | 14,946 | Sunk in Falklands War 1982 | |
Cunard Adventurer | 1971 | 1971–1977 | Cruise ship | 14,150 | Sold to Norwegian Cruise Line 1977, renamed Sunward II, renamed Triton in 1991; auctioned in 2004 to Louis Cruises and renamed Coral; sold to a Turkish scrapping company and then to the Alang, India shipbreaking yard and scrapped in 2014 | |
Cunard Campaigner | 1971 | 1971–1974 | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold to the Great Eastern Shipping Co in 1974 and renamed Jag Shakti. Scrapped at Alang, India in 1997 | |
Cunard Caravel | 1971 | 1971–1974 | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold to the Great Eastern Shipping Co in 1974 and renamed Jag Shanti. Scrapped at Alang, India in 1997 | |
Cunard Carronade | 1971 | 1971–1978 | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold to Olympic Maritime in 1978. and renamed Olympic History. | |
Cunard Calamanda | 1972 | 1972–1978 | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold in 1978 and renamed Ionian Carrier. | |
Cunard Ambassador | 1972 | 1972–1974 | Cruise ship | 14,150 | Sold after fire 1974 to C. Clausen, refitted as sheep carrier Linda Clausen; sold to Lembu Shipping Corporation and renamed Procyon, caught fire a second time in 1981 in Singapore but was repaired; sold to Qatar Transport and Marine Services; sold to Taiwanese ship breakers and scrapped in 1984 following a 1983 fire | |
Cunard Carrier | 1973 | 1973– | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold to Silverdale Ltd and renamed Aeneas. | |
Cunard Cavalier | 1973 | 1973–1978 | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold to Olympic Maritime in 1978 and renamed Olympic Harmony. Wrecked at Port Muhammad in 1990 and scrapped at Alang in 1992. | |
Cunard Chietain | 1973 | 1973– | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold to Superblue and renamed Chieftain. Resold to Great City Navigation in 1981 and renamed Great City. | |
Cunard Countess | 1975 | 1976–1996 | Cruise ship | 17,500 | Sold to Awani Cruise Line 1996, renamed Awani Dream II; transferred to Royal Olympic Cruises 1998, renamed Olympic Countess; sold to Majestic International Cruises 2004, renamed Ocean Countess, chartered to Louis Cruise Lines as Ruby during 2007; retired in 2012; caught fire in 2013 at Chalkis, Greece while laid up; sold to a Turkish scrapyard and scrapped in 2014 | |
Cunard Princess | 1975 | 1977–1995 | Cruise ship | 17,500 | Charted to StarLauro Cruises in 1995; sold to MSC Cruises in 1995, renamed Rhapsody; sold to Mano Maritime in 2009 and renamed Golden Iris. Scrapped July 2022 at Aliaga, Turkey.[7] | |
Sarmania | 1973 | 1976–1986 | Reefer | 8,557 | Ex-Chrysantema, 1976 purchased from Paravon Shipping, Glasgow, 1986 sold to Greece renamed Capricorn. Scrapped at Alang, India in 1997 | |
Alastia | 1973 | 1976–1981 | Reefer | 7,722 | 1972 Ex- Edinburgh Clipper, 1976 purchased from Maritime Fruit Carriers Corp., renamed Alsatia, 1981 sold to Restis Group renamed America Freezer | |
Andania | 1972 | 1976–1981 | Reefer | 7,689 | Ex-Glasgow Clipper, 1976 purchased from Souvertur Shipping, Glasgow renamed Andania, 1981 sold to Restis Group renamed Europa Freezer. Scrapped at Alang, India in 1995 | |
Saxonia | 1973 | 1976–1986 | Reefer | 8,547 | Ex-Gladiola, 1976 purchased from Adelaide Shipping, Glasgow, 1986 sold to Tondo Shipping Corp renamed Carina | |
Andria | 1972 | 1976–1981 | Reefer | 7,722 | Ex- Teesside Clipper, 1976 purchased from Maritime Island Fruit Reefers Ltd, renamed Andria, 1981 sold to Restis Group renamed Australia Freezer | |
Carmania | 1972 | 1976–1986 | Reefer | 7,323 | Ex- Orange, 1976 purchased from Chichester Shipping, Glasgow renamed Carmania, 1986 sold to Greece renamed Perseus | |
Scythia | 1972 | 1976–1986 | Reefer | 8,557 | Ex- Iris Queen, 1976 purchased from Adelaide Shipping, Glasgow, 1986 sold to Greece renamed Centaurus. Destroyed by fire in 1989 | |
England | 1964 | 1982–1986 | Ferry | 8,116 | 1982 purchased from DFDS, 1986 left for Jeddah as accommodation ship renamed America XIII. Sank in the Red Sea en route to Alang, India for scrapping in 1999 | |
Sagafjord | 1965 | 1983–1997 | Ocean Liner | 24,500 | Built for Norwegian America Line; chartered to Transocean Tours as Gripsholm during 1996–1997; sold to Saga Cruises 1997 and renamed Saga Rose; retired in 2009, sold to a Chinese ship recycling yard and scrapped 2011–2012 | |
Vistafjord Caronia |
1973 | 1983–1999 1999–2004 |
Cruise ship | 24,300 | built for Norwegian America Line; operated under Norwegian America Line from 1973 to 1983, and under Cunard from 1983 to 2004, renamed Caronia in 1999; sold to Saga Cruises 2004 and renamed Saga Ruby; retired in 2014, sold to Millennium View Ltd. in 2014, renamed Oasia and planned to be refitted as a floating hotel ship in Myanmar, but this never happened; towed to the Alang shipbreaking yard and scrapped in 2017 | |
Atlantic Star | 1967 | 1983–1987 | Container ship | 15,055 | Transferred from Holland America Line | |
Atlantic Conveyor | 1985 | 1985–1996 | Container ship | 58,438 | Transferred to Atlantic Container Line then sold for scrap 2017 to Alang, India | |
Sea Goddess I | 1984 | 1986–1998 | Cruise ship | 4,333 | Built for Sea Goddess Cruises; transferred to Cunard in 1986; transferred to Seabourn Cruise Line 1998 and renamed Seabourn Goddess I; sold to SeaDream Yacht Club in 2001 and renamed SeaDream I | |
Sea Goddess II | 1985 | 1986–1998 | Cruise ship | 4,333 | Built for Sea Goddess Cruises, transferred to Cunard in 1986; transferred to Seabourn Cruise Line 1998 and renamed Seabourn Goddess II; sold to SeaDream Yacht Club in 2001 and renamed SeaDream II | |
Cunard Crown Monarch | 1990 | 1993–1994 | Cruise ship | 15,271 | Built for Crown Cruise Line, transferred to Crown Cruise Line 1994 | |
Cunard Crown Jewel | 1992 | 1993–1995 | Cruise ship | 19,089 | Built for Crown Cruise Line, transferred to Star Cruises 1995 | |
Cunard Crown Dynasty | 1993 | 1993–1997 | Cruise ship | 19,089 | Built for Crown Cruise Line, transferred to Majesty Cruise Line 1997 | |
Royal Viking Sun | 1988 | 1994–1999 | Cruise ship | 37,850 | Built for Royal Viking Line, transferred to Seabourn Cruise Line 1999 |
1999–Present
Ship | Built | In service | Type | Gross tonnage | Flag | Notes | Image |
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Queen Mary 2 | 2003 | 2004–present | Ocean liner | 149,215 GT | Bermuda | In service | |
Queen Victoria | 2007 | 2007–present | Cruise ship | 90,049 GT | Bermuda | In service | |
Queen Elizabeth | 2010 | 2010–present | Cruise ship | 90,901 GT | Bermuda | In service | |
Queen Anne[8] | 2024 | 2024-present | Cruise ship | 113,300 GT | Bermuda | In service |
See also
References
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