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The Cunard White Star Line (1934-1949) was formed as a merger of the two once giant steamship lines - The Cunard Steam Ship Company and the White Star Line. Cunard White Star Line Passenger Lists available at the Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives that have been transcribed and uploaded are listed below.
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
This didn’t come as a surprise to researchers, as vast swaths of Cunard-White Star Line items were carried onto the QE2 just prior to her maiden voyage in 1967. The historical artefact was kept out of sight and ‘accidentally preserved’ before a junior deck officer was tasked with maintaining the locker and disposing of worn-out signalling material.
Cunard’s White Star LuggageService is the perfect alternative to transporting your own luggage and is also the perfect option for those who choose to extend their travels pre- or post voyage. Cunard have partnered with Luggage Forward to provide this service, which can send your luggage from your home directly to the ship, and return your luggage from the ship right back to your home.
The onset of the great depression hurt the shipping fleet. By 1933, both the White Star Line and Cunard Line were in serious financial trouble. On May 10, 1934 the two rivals merged, creating Cunard White Star Limited and by 1949, the line reverted to using the name Cunard.
The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company or White Star Line of Boston Packets, more commonly known as the White Star Line, was a prominent British shipping company, most famous for its ill-fated luxury flagship, the RMS Titanic, and the World War I loss of her sister ship, Britannic. In 1934 the line merged with its chief rival, Cunard Line, which operated as a separate entity until 2005 and is now part of Carnival Corporation & PLC. The first company bearing the name White Star Line was founded in
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