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Cunard Line has had many epic ships, including Carpathia - which saved the Titanic survivors, Laconia - which undertook the first World Cruise, Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth - the largest express liners of their day, the iconic QE2 and today the Cunard flagship, Queen Mary 2. Here are 5 times Cunard Line changed the world!

Cunard was founded by Sir Samuel Cunard to offer a regularly scheduled steamship service across the North Atlantic. Today over 180 years later, Cunard has three magnificent ships, Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth. There are many times that Cunard’s cruise ships changed the world.

1: Regular Scheduled Ocean Liner Crossings: Britannia’s maiden voyage on 4 July 1840 was a huge step forward in terms of connectivity by ship across the Atlantic Ocean. Cunard Line established the first ever regularly scheduled transatlantic crossing service - check out the video to find out how that changed the world!

2: Safety of Life at Sea: In April 1912, Cunard’s Carpathia was the first ship on the scene at the Titanic disaster, and took onboard the survivors. Cunard Carpathia's actions were important. Carpathia safely transported Titanic's survivors to New York. Key witnesses from the Titanic were called on to give evidence in the enquiries surrounding the Titanic disaster which led to improvements in safety of life at sea including SOLAS and the establishment of the International Ice Patrol, as well as new laws requiring lifeboats for all passengers aboard.

3: World Cruising: Cunard claims the title of running the first continuous world cruise. This was the 1922/23 voyage of the Cunard Ocean Liner Laconia. RMS. Laconia’s world cruise itinerary was undertaken with just one ship, which differentiated it from earlier world voyages (which required passengers to change ships at various ports). RMS. Laconia completed a full circumnavigation of the world – and Laconia called at 22 ports!


4: Cunard's Queens helped shorten World War II: Sir Winston Churchill was the person who made this claim. Many of the ships of Cunard Line were requisitioned for use during World War II. Among those requisitioned were Cunard's giant RMS. Queen Mary and RMS. Queen Elizabeth, the latter of which had not yet entered service or undergone her builders’ trials! The ability of the Cunard Queens to transport such huge numbers of troops - up to 16,000 per voyage - quickly and safely is what led British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill to say that Cunard's Queens helped to ‘shorten the length of the war by at least a year’.

5: Last Ocean Liner: Cunard Line is remembered as being the first shipping line to offer regularly scheduled transatlantic crossings, but Cuanrd is equally famous for being the last to offer this service. In 2004, Queen Mary 2 became the first transatlantic ocean liner designed since the QE2 entered service in 1969. QM2 is unique in the age of the modern day cruise ships. QM2 has continued to offer regularly scheduled transatlantic crossings since her introduction into service.

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Image References:
QM2 thumbnail: Andrew Sassoon-Walker https://solentphotographer.com


1: Britannia / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/3gnefdK
2: Great Western / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/3dWT9S2
3: Cunard Poster / Public Domain / Library of Congress: https://bit.ly/2Zy0NNz
4: Sirius / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/3eWiz3v
5: Titanic / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/31EI2up
6: Carpathia NYC / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/2YYNIxq
7: Carpathia / Public Domain (USA): https://bit.ly/3ioJiYD
8: Carpathia / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/31GalZm
9: Titanic Enquiry / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/38rR3bM
10: Titanic Lifeboat / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/31GQpG2
11: Ice Berg / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/3eYzpyD
12: Engraving by Willy Stöwer: The sinking of the Titanic / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/3b6MeoN
13: Captain Rostron: Public Domain / Author Unknown: https://bit.ly/34yj67i
14: Titanic / National Archive: https://bit.ly/3gqN8OT
15: Laconia / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/3eYOU9D
16: Laconia Internal / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/3dX92I9
17: Three Ships NYC / State Library of NSW: https://bit.ly/38pzwAQ
18: HMT Queen Mary / State Library of NSW: https://bit.ly/2ZPkj8v
19: HMT Queen Elizabeth / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/31ROvCz
20: Queen Mary Grey / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/2ZBprwD
21: Queen Elizabeth / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/31JQx7l
22: Queen Mary / ANMM: https://bit.ly/3eYrpOb
23: Queen Mary / Public Domain: https://bit.ly/2VL0GwP


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Arrow: Jesse Pinkman CC By Attribution via Adobe / The Noun Project.