Cunard Line

Cunard Line
(Cunard Steam-Ship Co.)

United Kingdom

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Sailings September-November 1880 (issued September 1880)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Bothnia Scythia Gallia Algeria Abyssinia Aleppo Olympus Hecla	Liverpool, Queenstown, New York
Parthia Atlas Samaria Batavia Marathon	Liverpool, Queenstown, Boston
Demerara Malta Trinidad	Liverpool, Gibraltar, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Patras, Corfu, Trieste, Venice, Fiume
Saragossa Palmyra	Liverpool, Gibraltar, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Bari, Ancona, Trieste, Venice, Fiume
Sidon Cherbourg	Liverpool, Gibraltar, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Palermo, Messina, Catania, Trieste, Venice, Fiume
Morocco Kedar	Liverpool, Malta, Syra, Smyrna, Constantinople
British Queen Wasp Balbec	Liverpool, Le Havre
Alpha Beta	Halifax, Bermuda, Jamaica
G. & J. Burns
Racoon Llama Buffalo Walrus Mastiff Rook	1) Greenock, Belfast 2) Glasgow (Broomielaw), Greenock, Belfast. Returned directly to Glasgow.
Bear (or other vessel)	Glasgow, Greenock, Moville, Londonderry
Rook (or other vessel)	Glasgow, Greenock, Larne
Owl Raven	Liverpool, Greenock, Glasgow

Sailings May-October 1901 (issued May 16, 1901) for:
Campania, Lucania, Umbria, Etruria, Servia, Ivernia, Saxonia, Ultonia, Sylvania
Ports of call:
Liverpool, Queenstown, New York;
Liverpool, Queenstown, Boston
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Sailings April-November 1903 (issued April 23, 1903) for:
Campania, Lucania, Umbria, Etruria, Carpathia, Ivernia, Saxonia, Ultonia, Aurania
Ports of call:
New York, Queenstown, Liverpool;
Boston, Queenstown, Liverpool
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Sailings February-May 1910 (issued September 1909) for:
Mauretania, Lusitania, Carmania, Caronia, Ivernia, Saxonia, Campania, Umbria
Ports of call:
Gothenburg (connection), Liverpool, New York, Boston
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Sailings April-December (issued July 1, 1910)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Mauretania Lusitania Carmania Caronia Campania	Liverpool, New York
Ivernia Saxonia	Liverpool, Boston
Carpathia Pannonia	New York, Gibraltar, Genoa (Carpathia only), Naples, Trieste, Fiume. Return voyages: Fiume, Palermo, Naples, Gibraltar, New York.
Ultonia	New York, Naples, Trieste, Fiume. Return voyages: Fiume, Palermo, Naples, New York.
Saxonia	New York, Madeira, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, Trieste, Fiume. Return voyages: Fiume, Palermo, Naples, Gibraltar, New York. (One voyage only, in Oct/Nov.)
Carmania	New York, Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, Naples, Fiume. Return voyages: Fiume, Naples, New York. (One voyage only, in Nov/Dec.)

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Sailings April-August 1920 (issued April 1920)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Mauretania Imperator Aquitania	Southampton, Cherbourg, New York
Royal George	Southampton, Halifax, New York. Return voyages: New York, Plymouth, Cherbourg.
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Aquitania Vasari	Liverpool, New York. (No return voyages of the Aquitania or Vasari listed.)
Carmania Caronia	Liverpool, Halifax, New York. Carmania: Returned directly to Liverpool. Caronia: Return voyage to London via Plymouth and Cherbourg.
Caronia	London, Halifax, New York. Return voyages: New York, Plymouth, Cherbourg, London.
Pannonia	Ragusa (Gravosa), Trieste, Patras, Piraeus, Algiers, Palermo, Messina, Naples, Gibraltar, New York. (No sailings listed for this route.)

Cunard Line/(Anchor Line/Anchor-Donaldson Line)
Sailings May 1929-March 1930 (issued May 1929) for:
Berengaria, Aquitania, Mauretania, Carinthia, Franconia, Scythia, Caronia, Carmania, Laconia, Samaria, Lancastria, Tuscania, Andania, Antonia, Alaunia, Ascania, Aurania, Ausonia (Cunard Line); Transylvania, California, Caledonia, Cameronia, Castalia, Circassia, Massilia, Elysia, Assyria, Britannia (Anchor Line); Letitia, Athenia (Anchor-Donaldson Line)
Ports of call (Cunard Line):
Southampton, Cherbourg, Plymouth, New York;
London, Southampton, Le Havre, Plymouth, New York;
Liverpool, Queenstown, Galway, Boston, New York;
Liverpool, Greenock, Belfast, Quebec, Montreal;
London, Southampton, Le Havre, Cherbourg, Plymouth, Queenstown, Quebec, Montreal
Ports of call (Anchor-Donaldson Line):
Glasgow, Belfast, Liverpool, Montreal, Quebec
Ports of call (Anchor Line):
Glasgow, Belfast, Moville, Halifax, Boston, New York;
Liverpool, Gibraltar, Port Said, Suez, Port Sudan, Bombay, Karachi

Cunard Line/Anchor Line/(Anchor-Donaldson Line)
Sailings June 1929-April 1930 (issued July 1, 1929) for:
Berengaria, Aquitania, Mauretania, Carinthia, Franconia, Scythia, Caronia, Carmania, Laconia, Samaria, Lancastria, Tuscania, Andania, Antonia, Alaunia, Ascania, Aurania, Ausonia (Cunard Line); Transylvania, California, Caledonia, Cameronia (Anchor Line); Letitia, Athenia (Anchor-Donaldson Line)
Ports of call:
New York, Boston, Montreal, Quebec, Halifax, Glasgow, Belfast, Londonderry, Galway, Cobh (Queenstown), Liverpool, Plymouth, Cherbourg, Southampton, Le Havre, London
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Sailings December 1930-March 1931 (issued November 20, 1930) for:
Mauretania, Carinthia, Caronia, Carmania
Ports of call:
New York, Havana

Cunard White Star Line/Donaldson Atlantic Line
Sailings March-December 1938 (issued March 24, 1938) for:
Queen Mary, Berengaria, Aquitania, Georgic, Britannic, Carinthia, Franconia, Scythia, Laconia, Samaria, Laurentic, Lancastria, Andania, Antonia, Alaunia, Ascania, Aurania, Ausonia (Cunard Line); Letitia, Athenia (Donaldson Atlantic Line)
Ports of call:
New York, Boston, Montreal, Quebec, Halifax, Greenock, Glasgow, Belfast, Galway, Dublin, Cobh, Liverpool, Plymouth, Cherbourg, Southampton, Le Havre, London

Cunard White Star Line/(Donaldson Atlantic Line)
Sailings January-November 1939 for:
Queen Mary, Aquitania, Mauretania, Georgic, Britannic, Carinthia, Franconia, Scythia, Laconia, Samaria, Laurentic, Lancastria, Andania, Antonia, Alaunia, Ascania, Aurania, Ausonia (Cunard Line); Letitia, Athenia (Donaldson Atlantic Line)
Ports of call:
Southampton, Cherbourg, New York;
London, Le Havre, Southampton, Cherbourg, Plymouth, Cobh, Halifax, New York;
Liverpool, Cobh, Dublin, Galway, Belfast, New York, Boston, Halifax;
Liverpool, Greenock, Glasgow, Belfast, Halifax, Quebec, Montreal;
London, Le Havre, Southampton, Plymouth, Halifax, Quebec, Montreal

Sailings May-October 1948 (issued May 19, 1948)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary	New York, Cherbourg, Southampton
Mauretania	New York, Cobh, Cherbourg, Southampton
Britannic	New York, Cobh, Liverpool
Media Parthia	New York, Liverpool
Aquitania	Halifax, Southampton
Ascania	Montreal, Liverpool

Sailings August 1955-March 1956 (issued August 15, 1955) for:
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Mauretania, Caronia, Britannic, Ivernia, Saxonia, Parthia, Media, Franconia, Samaria, Scythia, Ascania
Ports of call:
Southampton, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Cobh, Halifax, New York;
Liverpool, Cobh, Halifax, New York;
Southampton, Le Havre, Halifax, Quebec, Montreal;
Liverpool, Greenock, Halifax, Quebec, Montreal

Sailings February-December 1958 (issued February 24, 1958) for:
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Mauretania, Caronia, Britannic, Sylvania, Carinthia, Ivernia, Saxonia, Parthia, Media
Ports of call:
New York, Montreal, Quebec, Halifax, Greenock, Douglas, Cobh, Liverpool, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Southampton, London

Cunard Line/Donaldson Line
Sailings January-December 1960 (issued August 14, 1959) for:
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Mauretania, Caronia, Britannic, Sylvania, Carinthia, Ivernia, Saxonia, Parthia, Media (Cunard Line); Laurentia, Lismoria (Donaldson Line)
Ports of call (Cunard Line):
New York, Montreal, Quebec, Halifax, Greenock, Cobh, Liverpool, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Southampton, London
Ports of call (Donaldson Line):
Montreal, Glasgow

Sailings February-December 1964 (issued February 1964) for:
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Mauretania, Caronia, Sylvania, Carinthia, Carmania, Franconia
Ports of call:
Rotterdam, Southampton, Le Havre, Cherbourg, Liverpool, Cobh, Greenock, Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, New York

Sailings April-December 1967 for:
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Caronia, Sylvania, Carinthia, Carmania, Franconia
Ports of call:
Southampton, Cherbourg, Cobh, New York;
Liverpool, Greenock, Quebec, Montreal;
Southampton, Rotterdam, Le Havre, Cobh, Quebec, Montreal;
Southampton, Le Havre, Cherbourg, Bermuda, Nassau, Port Everglades;
New York, Bermuda

Sailings April-November 1974 (issued September 14, 1973) for:
Queen Elizabeth 2
Ports of call:
New York, Cherbourg, Southampton

Sailings April-December 1987 for:
Queen Elizabeth 2
Ports of call:
Southampton, (Cherbourg), New York, (Philadelphia), (Baltimore)
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See also the shipping in 1971 section.

Cunard Line fleet information, history etc. on the following website:

The Norway Heritage website has a section on the Cunard Line with many postcards and descriptions of its liners.

Great Ships website shows postcards of many old liners and also has brief histories.
See the Index of Ships page. (See "Cunard Line" and "Donaldson Line/Anchor-Donaldson Line" sections.)

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This page last updated December 8, 2009.