Cunard agreed with the British government to build two “superliners” – theMauretaniaandLusitania. The British government loaned Cunard £2.6m to be repaid over 20 years with a rate of interest of 2.5%. A stipulation included in the agreement provided that they could be requisitioned by t...
The topic of conversation over dinner were the two remarkable new liners:LusitaniaandMauretania. Both were owned by their rival company, the Cunard Line. Ismay raised the concept of bigger and more luxurious ships in order to surpass this competition. Due to the nature of the industry, Harlan...
The trust caused great concern in the British shipping industry and led directly to the British government's subsidy of the Cunard Line's new ships RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania in an effort to compete. 國際商業海洋公司的成立引起英國航運界極大關注,並直接導致英國政府對冠達航運的新船盧西塔...
The RMS Lusitania launched by Britain’s Cunard Line makes her maiden voyage. The 31,550-ton Lusitania is 790 feet in length overall with four screws, can carry 2,000 passengers and a crew of 600, and is by far the largest liner afloat. The RMS Mauretania, launched by Cunard Line, wi...
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The "RMSLusitania" was a British passenger liner that was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915. "RMS卢西塔尼亚号"是一艘英国客轮,于1915年被一艘德国U型潜艇击沉。 The "RMSMauretania" was a British passenger liner that was the fastest ship in the world from 1906 to 1909. ...
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1902, Cunard retaliated by planning the commission of two ships which would be the largest, fastest and most luxurious ever built. After serious negotiations, Cunard placed orders withJohn Brown & Coto build theLusitania, andSwan Hunter & Wigham Richardsonon the River Tyne to build theMauretania...