In the s, Cunard was used to carry horses to the Crimean war, aiding in the charge of the Light Brigade. In the s, Mark Twain sailed with Cunard and praised the ability of the captains. In , Cunard introduced the first flushing toilets at sea, providing relief for passengers and crew members alike! During the mass immigration to America of the s, Cunard brought over a million of the 2. During this time Cunard launched Servia pictured , the first steel ship with electrical lighting.
In the early 20th century, Cunard was advancing full steam. The ships were advertised as 'floating palaces', and shared design features with opulent venues such as The Ritz. Two superliners, Lusitania and Mauretania pictured were launched, with revolutionary steam turbines to increase maximum speed, and the first ever wireless transmission was made from a Cunard ship to the shore by Marconi in It was during this time that the four funnels were established to represent power and safety.
Many ships took on the popular four-funnel feature, even if it meant adding a fake funnel to a three-funnel ship! Cunard Line was the only company to continue regular transatlantic ocean crossings by liners after the s. Liner service between New York and Europe was only offered by Cunard. Of all the cruise lines in the market of today, perhaps the most venerable would be the Cunard line.
A name that is synonymous with transatlantic crossing, the Cunard Cruise Ship Line is known in some capacity to just about everybody who knows anything about ships. The famous old brand is of course most famous for its White Star Line ships of the early part of the last century, and in particular the tragic and ill-fated liner Titanic, which even those who care nothing for travel of any sort know at least something about.
Even if it is only in connection with Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslet, surely there is no-one reading this who does not know what happened, ultimately, to this most ambitious of passenger liners.
Today, the Cunard line still sails the sea, though today it is owned by the Carnival Corporation and has just two active ships — the Queen Mary 2 and the Queen Victoria. The current fleet is used principally for world cruises, and mixes the stately grandeur of its forebears with the inescapable touch of modernity — no cruise liner of the present day can afford to be without a spa complex, after all. The ships of the present day notwithstanding, those who know the name Cunard will most likely know it through its impact on history.
The sinking of the Titanic is as inextricably linked with the Cunard name as any company can be with a past event. While the trend aboard cruise ships of all sorts has been to focus on specialty restaurants and celebrity chefs, each of the top three cabin categories aboard Cunard's vessels gets its own dedicated restaurant.
You also can order off the menu and if it's onboard, your wish is happily accommodated. You can have ribeye medium rare every night if that's what you like. Most requests, Leibowitz says, are fairly mundane. Usually, it's about having the dish prepared in line with dietary restrictions, or one world cruise regular who wanted a specific type of apple pie, which was baked with a crumb topping per her directions.
There are, including the French-inspired Verandah, a British pub, a casual buffet, and pop-ups serving Asian, Indian, Italian and even American Smokehouse dishes. There is the traditional Afternoon Tea service too.
Still, Leibowitz says most guests happily dine in their assigned restaurant each night. Event cruises have also become a staple, including a Fashion Week voyage that brings aboard various designers who give guests the inside scoop on how the industry works complemented by several runway shows. Next year there are also voyages themed around big bands, wine, and space exploration.
This November is a cruise with Ancestory. You can take the test and get your results before boarding, then meet with genealogists on the sailing. Days at sea are filled with lectures, spa treatments, workouts at the extensive gym, walks around the extra wide decks or just relaxing with a book in a lounge or out on deck where a steward will bring you a warm blanket and hot drink.
There is Wifi in case you want to stay connected. Evenings before and after dinner include cocktails, comedians, and musical performances from blues to solo harpists and classical recitals.
It had a long, profitable career. Lusitania, on the other hand, was less fortunate. Meanwhile, saw the launch of a small ship destined to become one of the most famous ships of all time -- Carpathia -- not for setting transatlantic speed records, but because the tiny vessel 13, tons , sailed through ice fields on the night of April 12, at a speed greater than it was supposedly capably of, to rescue survivors of the Titanic.
Cunard's express liners carried three classes of passenger: first, second and steerage. First class was opulent, with public rooms imitative of the decor of country houses and hotels. Second class was comfortable and cheaper. Steerage was for immigrants. The interwar years were tough for Cunard, nevertheless in , the line's Laconia undertook the first-ever world cruise.
During this period, Cunard also fielded a fleet of three grand liners on the premier Southampton to New York run: Mauretania, Aquitania a larger four-funnel ship that would sail for 35 years and Berengaria. In the late s Cunard lay down plans for a pair of liners that would be capable of maintaining the weekly service between Southampton and New York.
Construction was delayed by the Great Depression, but the British government issued loan guarantees on the condition that Cunard merge with its rival, White Star Line, which took place in After the war, Cunard resumed transatlantic service with the Queens and a large fleet of smaller ships, including the notable Caronia, Cunard's first purpose-built cruise ship.
In , the line bought the rest of the remaining White Star stock and dropped the name, but retains to this day its "White Star Service" onboard. This was the Golden Age of transatlantic travel, however, it was to be short lived: Commercial transatlantic flights started in and within 10 years almost all the transatlantic liners were gone.
It remains there to this day, allegedly haunted, having been a shoreside attraction longer than it sailed the seas. QE2, as it became known, made its maiden voyage in , as a two-class ship for crossings and a one-class ship for cruises.
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