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RMS Alaunia (1913)
RMS ''Alaunia'' was a Cunard Line, Cunard ocean liner. She was built in 1913 at Greenock and measured . She was one of three sister ships Cunard ordered from Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company. Her sisters were , and . ''Alaunia'' was the second of the trio. She and her sisters had only 2nd class and 3rd class accommodation. ''Alaunia'' was launched on 9 June 1913, and began her maiden voyage on 27 December 1913. When World War I began in 1914, she was requisitioned as a troopship. HMS ''Alaunia'' was the first Cunard ship to carry Canadian troops. Then she worked on carrying troops of the 44th (Home Counties) Division, Home Counties Division to Bombay in October. She was sent to the Gallipoli campaign by the summer of 1915. She returned to the North Atlantic and carried troops from Canada and the USA in 1916. During a voyage from London to New York, she struck a naval mine, mine on 19 October 1916 in the English Channel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship off Eastbourne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cunard Line
The Cunard Line ( ) is a British shipping and an international cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. Since 2011, Cunard and its four ships have been registered in Hamilton, Bermuda. In 1839, Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract, and the next year formed the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company in Glasgow with shipowner Sir George Burns together with Robert Napier, the famous Scottish steamship engine designer and builder, to operate the line's four pioneer paddle steamers on the Liverpool–Halifax–Boston route. For most of the next 30 years, Cunard held the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic voyage. However, in the 1870s Cunard fell behind its rivals, the White Star Line and the Inman Line. To meet this competition, in 1879 the firm was reorganised as the Cunard Steamship Company Ltd, to raise capital. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
