RMS Aquitania
Reference Number: si 48
Godden Number: 250c
Sprake Number: spc145
Recorded by John High in his
unpublished list.
Words:
Printed at bottom of card:-
WOVEN IN SILK
R.M.S. AQUITANIA.
WOVEN IN SILK
R.M.S. AQUITANIA.
{same postcard with additional words}
Words:
Printed at bottom of card:-
WOVEN IN SILK
R.M.S. AQUITANIA.
Length 901 ft. Breadth 97 ft. Depth 92 ft. Gross tonnage 47,000. Speed 23 knots.
Accommodation for 3,260 passengers and nearly 1,000 crew.
WOVEN IN SILK
R.M.S. AQUITANIA.
Length 901 ft. Breadth 97 ft. Depth 92 ft. Gross tonnage 47,000. Speed 23 knots.
Accommodation for 3,260 passengers and nearly 1,000 crew.
RMS Aquitania was built by John Brown & Company of Glasgow in 1914. Her maiden voyage was on 30 May 1914 bound to New York from Liverpool, and at the time she was the largest ship afloat. The Aquitania was the longest serving Cunard liner built in the 20th Century and was sister to the Lusitania and Mauretania.
The Aquitania's passenger accommodation was superior to anything seen on the North Atlantic before, with 597 1st Class, 614 2nd Class, and 2,052 3rd Class cabins. The first class drawing room was decorated in the Adam Style, with the walls adorned with prints of English Seaports and portraits of Royalty and prominent people of the day.
