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SS Aquitania

Ship Name: Aquitania
Years in service: 1914-1950
Funnels: 4
Masts: 2
Shipping Line: Cunard
Ship Description: Built by John Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 45,647. Dimensions: 868' x 97' (901' o.l.). Quadruple-screw, 24 knots. Steam turbines. Two masts and four funnels. Fourth funnel was a dummy. From keel to boat deck measured 92 1/2 feet.
History: Passengers: 597 first, 614 second, 2,052 third. Laid down in June 1911. Launched, April 23, 1913. Maiden voyage: Liverpool-New York, May 30, 1914. Converted to an armed merchant cruiser in August 1914. Served as a hospital ship, 1915-19. She was later put in service as a troopship. Returned to regular passenger service in June 1919, ports being Southampton, Cherbourg and New York. From 1939 to 1948 was used as a troopship. Returned to Cunard Line service in May 1948. Her final trans-Atlantic voyage was in November 1949. This outstanding luxury liner was broken up for scrap in the Gare-loch in 1950. She had crossed the Atlantic approximately 600 times.

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