Cruise Ship Gallery

The Metagama

circa 1914: The Metagama, one of the first of two cabin liners (the other being the Missanabie'), built in 1914 for the Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. Both had gross tonnages of approximately 12, 500, and a speed of 16 knots, with accommodation for 520 passengers, cabin class, and 1, 200 third class. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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SS Caronia

September 1919: The Cunard White Star liner Caronia at Tilbury docks in Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Aquitania

2nd August 1934: The RMS Aquitania photographed at Southampton. (Photo by Miller/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, the RMS Aquitania was launched on 21 April 1913 and sailed on her maiden voyage to New York on 30 May 1914