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Cunard-White Star Logo Queen Mary of 1936 (80,700 GRT) in New York (c. 1960) In 1934, both the Cunard Line and the White Star Line were experiencing financial difficulties. David Kirkwood , MP for Clydebank where the unfinished Hull Number 534 had been sitting idle for two and a half years, made a passionate plea in the House of Commons for ...
Cunard White Star "Queen Mary" baggage tag. In 1947, Cunard acquired White Star’s 38% share in the company and on 31 December 1949 the company had dropped the White Star name and was renamed Cunard Line. [3] Both the Cunard and White Star house flags were flown on the company's liners at the time of the merger and thereafter.
Cunard-White Star Logo In 1933, White Star and Cunard were both in serious financial difficulties due to the Great Depression , plummeting passenger numbers, and the advanced age of their fleets. Work was halted on Cunard's new giant, Hull 534, later Queen Mary , in 1931 to save money.
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She was constructed to replace the ageing Queen Elizabeth 2, which was the Cunard flagship from 1969 to 2004 and the last major ocean liner built before Queen Mary 2. Queen Mary 2 had the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) prefix conferred on her by the Royal Mail when she entered service in 2004, as a gesture to Cunard's history. [15]
BOAC-Cunard lettering on a Super VC10 at IWM Duxford. In 1962, BOAC and Cunard formed BOAC-Cunard Ltd to operate scheduled services to North America, the Caribbean and South America. BOAC provided 70% of the new company's capital and eight Boeing 707s. The independent Cunard Eagle Airways, of which Cunard held a 60% shareholding, provided two ...
Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, these two events were postponed and Cunard's plans were cancelled. [9] Queen Elizabeth sat at the fitting-out dock at the shipyard in her Cunard colours until 2 November 1939, when the Ministry of Shipping issued special licences to declare her seaworthy. On 29 December the engines were tested for ...