RMS Aquitania was a British ocean liner built for the Cunard Line that entered transatlantic service in 1914, admired for her elegant interiors and nicknamed the Ship Beautiful. She had an unusually long career of roughly thirty-six years, making her the longest-serving major ocean liner of the twentieth century, and she was the only large liner to serve in some capacity, whether as a troop transport, hospital ship or passenger vessel, in both the First and Second World Wars before being retired and scrapped in the early 1950s.
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SignificanceThe only major ocean liner to serve in both world wars. 1 Manufacturer or Builder In the Other Atlases
Manufactured By
Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.
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1. Wikipedia, RMS Aquitania
Lead, builder sentence
She was designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland.
Lead, maiden voyage sentence
She was launched on 21 April 1913 and sailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on 30 May 1914.
Lead, closing notes
The only major ocean liner to serve in both world wars.
In Group: Atlantic Express Liners, Lead sentence
RMS Aquitania was a British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line from 1914 to 1950.
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