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The Aquitania (45,647 grt, 901 ft. long) was built in 1914 and served as a troop ship in two world wars.
Being the last four-funnelled liner, she was scrapped in 1950.
The Imperator (52,117 grt, 919 ft. long) made her maiden voyage for Hamburg-American Line in 1913 - then the world's largest liner.
Ceded to Britain after WW1, she was chartered to and eventually acquired by Cunard Line to become the Berengaria in 1921.
After having been damaged by fire in 1938 she was sold for scrap.
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The Mauretania (31,938 grt, 790 ft. long), sister of the Lusitania, was the world's largest liner when built in 1907.
She became legendary for holding the Blue Riband as the fastest liner for 20 years.
With the depression and after the merger of Cunard and White Star Lines she became redundant and was broken up in 1935.
The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (24,581 grt, 699 ft. long) was built in 1906 for the Hamburg-American Line.
She was yet another "world's largest", until the advent of the Lusitania.
After WW1 she was taken over by Britain as war reparations.
After a short period with Cunard she was sold to
Canadian Pacific and renamed Empress of Scotland in 1921.
She was broken up in 1931.
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The Caronia (19,594 grt, 678 ft. long) and Carmania (19,524 grt, 675 ft. long) were both completed in 1906.
The Carmania is noted for being the Cunard Line's first turbine steamer, whereas her sister had traditional reciprocating enigines.
Both survived the war and were finally sold to breakers in 1932.
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The Royal George (11,146 grt, 545 ft. long) was originally built as the Heliopolis
in 1907 for Egyptian Mail's Marseilles-Alexandria service.
When this line closed down she was sold to Canadian Northern Steamships (the Royal Line)
in 1910 and sailed between Avonmouth and Montreal until WW1.
After service as a troop transport she sailed for a few years for Cunard Line,
since Cunard had bought Canadian Northern Steamships in 1916.
She was sold for scrap in 1922.
The Saxonia (14,281 grt, 600 ft. long) started her career in 1900, initially on the Liverpool-Boston route.
She is listed in the 1920 Cunard sailing schedule, but during its validity she was being refitted.
She sailed a few more years before being broken up in 1925
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