List of Cunard Line ships

The following is a list of ships operated by the Cunard Line.

Fleet The Cunard fleet, all built for Cunard unless otherwise indicated, consisted of the following ships in order of acquisition:

1840–1850 All ships of this period had wooden hulls and paddle wheels. Ship Built In service for Cunard Type GRT NotesImage 1836 1840–1845 Express 650 Coastal steamer purchased for Montreal service, sold 1846 Britannia 1840 1840–1849 Express 1,150 Eastbound record holder, sold to North German Navy 1849 Acadia 1840 1840–1849 Express 1,150 Sold to North German Navy 1849 Caledonia 1840 1840–1850 Express 1,138 Sold to Spanish Navy 1850 Columbia 1841 1840–1843 Express 1,150 Blue Riband, wrecked 1843 without loss of life Hibernia 1843 1843–1850 Express 1,422 Eastbound record holder, sold to Spanish Navy 1850Cambria 1845 1844–1860 Express 1,423 Blue Riband, sold to Italian owners 1860 Margaret 1839 1842–1872 Express 750 Bought from G & J Burns. Sold in 1856 for use as a coal hulk. America 1848 1848–1866 Express 1,826 Blue Riband, sold 1863 and converted to sail, scrapped 1875 Niagara 1848 1848–1866 Express 1,824 Sold 1866 and converted to sail, wrecked 1875 1848 1848–1902 Tender 175 Scrapped in 1902 Europa 1848 1848–1866 Express 1,834 Blue Riband, sold 1867 Canada 1848 1848–1867 Express 1,831 Eastbound record holder, sold 1866 and converted to sail, scrapped 1883 Asia 1850 1850–1867 Express 2,250 Blue Riband, sold 1868, scrapped 1883 Africa 1850 1850–1868 Express 2,250 Sold 1868

1850–1869 Only Arabia had a wooden hull and only Arabia, Persia, Shamrock, Jackal and Scotia had paddle wheels. Ship Built In service for Cunard Type GRT NotesImage Shamrock 1847 1851–1854 Intermediate 714 Sold in 1854 Arabia 1852 1852–1864 Express 2,400 Sold 1864 and converted to sail, sank 1868 Andes 1852 1852–1859 Intermediate 1,400 Sold to Spanish Government 1859 Alps 1852 1852–1859 Intermediate 1,400 Sold to Spanish Government 1859 Karnak 1853 1853–1862 Intermediate 1,116 Wrecked 1862 Melita 1853 1853–1861 Intermediate 1,254 Sold 1855 Jackal 1853 1853–1893 Tender 180 Scrapped in 1893. Delta 1853 1854–1899 Intermediate 645 Sold Curlew 1853 1853–1856 Intermediate 523 Wrecked 1856 Jura 1854 1854–1861 Intermediate 2,200 Sold to Allan Line 1860, wrecked off Liverpool 1864 Etna 1855 1855–1860 Intermediate 2,200 Sold to Inman Line 1860, scrapped 1896 Emeu 1854 1854-1858 Intermediate 1,538 Purchased from Australasian Pacific Mail in 1855. Chartered in 1857 to European & Australasian Pacific Mail, then sold to P&O in 1858. Troop transport in the Crimean War. 1856 1856–1868 Express 3,300 Blue Riband, taken out of service 1868 and scrapped 1872 Stromboli 1856 1859–1878 Intermediate 734 Wrecked 1878 Italian 1855 1855–1864 Intermediate 784 Sold 1864 Lebanon 1854 1855–1859 Intermediate 1,000 Sold 1870 Palestine 1858 1858–1870 Intermediate 1,000 Sold 1870 Australasian Calabria 1857 1859–1876 Intermediate 2,700 Built for other owners, sold 1876, scrapped 1898 Atlas 1860 1860–1896 Intermediate 2,393 Lengthened and re-engined in 1873, scrapped 1896 Damascus 1860 1856-1860 Intermediate 1,213 Sold 1881 Kedar 1860 1860–1897 Intermediate 1,783 Scrapped 1897 Balbec 1852 1853–1884 Intermediate 1,783 Scrapped 1884 Marathon 1860 1860–1898 Intermediate 2,403 scrapped 1898 Morocco 1861 1861–1896 Intermediate 1,855 Scrapped 1896 China 1862 1862–1880 Intermediate 2,638 Sold to Spanish Government 1880 1849 1852–1898 Intermediate 772 Scrapped 1898 1862 1862–1878 Express 3,850 Blue Riband, Cunard's last paddle steamer, sold 1878 and converted to cable layer. Wrecked 1904 Hecla 1863 1860–1881 Intermediate 1,785 Sold 1881 Alpha 1863 1863–1869 Intermediate 653 Sold 1869 Sidon 1863 1861–1885 Intermediate 1,872 wrecked 1885 Corscia 1863 1863–1867 Intermediate 1,134 Sold 1868 Olympus 1863 1860–1881 Intermediate 1,794 Sold 1881 Tripoli 1863 1863–1872 Intermediate 2,057 Wrecked on Tuskar Rock, Wexford 1872 Cuba 1864 1864–1876 Express 2,700 Sold 1876 and converted to sail, wrecked 1887 1865 1865–1909 Intermediate 2,056 Scrapped 1909 1865 1865–1877 Express 2,700 Sold 1878 to Red Star Line, and renamed Zeeland, lost at sea 1895 Palmyra 1866 1866–1896 Intermediate 2,044 Scrapped 1896 Malta 1866 1865–1889 Intermediate 2,132 Wrecked on the Cornish coast 1889 1867 1867–1879 Express 2,950 Sold to Red Star Line 1880 and renamed Waesland. Resold and renamed Philadelphia, sank after a collision 1902 Siberia 1867 1867–1880 Intermediate 2,550 Sold to Spanish owners 1880, renamed Manila, wrecked 1882 Samaria 1868 1868–1902 Intermediate 2,550 Sold 1892

1869–1901 Ship Built In service for Cunard Type GRT NotesImage Batavia 1870 1870–1888 Intermediate 2,550 Traded in for Oregon 1884, scrapped 1924 1870 1870–1880 Express 3,250 Sold to Guion Line 1880, destroyed by fire at sea 1891 1870 1870–1881 Express 3,250 Sold to Red Star Line 1881, scrapped 1903 1870 1870–1884 Intermediate 3,150 Traded in for Oregon 1884, scrapped 1956 Beta 1873 1874–1888 intermediate 1,070 Sold 1889 1874 1874–1899 Express 4,550 Sold 1896, scrapped 1899 Saragossa 1874 1874–1909 Intermediate 2,263 Sold 1880, scrapped 1909 Nantes 1874 1873–1888 Intermediate 1,473 Sank in 1888 Brest 1874 1874–1879 Intermediate 1,472 Wrecked in 1879 Cherbourg 1875 1875–1909 intermediate 1,614 Scrapped 1909 1875 1875–1899 Express 4,550 Sold for scrap 1898 1879 1879–1897 Express 4,550 Sold to Beaver Line 1897, scrapped 1900 Otter 1880 1880–1920 Tender 287 Sold in 1920. 1881 1881–1901 Intermediate 4,850 Requisitioned for use in the Second Boer War, scrapped 1901 1882 1882–1900 Intermediate 5,500 Sold to Russian Navy 1900, sunk Port Arthur 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War 1882 1882–1900 Intermediate 5,500 Sold and scrapped 1900 1881 1881–1902 Express 7,400 First Cunarder with a steel hull and electric lights, scrapped 1902 1883 1883–1905 Express 7,250 Sold and scrapped 1905 1883 1884–1886 Express 7,400 Blue Riband, built for Guion Line, purchased by Cunard 1884, sank 1886 without loss of life 1884 1884–1910 Express 7,700 Blue Riband, with Etruria one of the two last Cunarders to carry sails, scrapped 1910 1884 1885–1909 Express 7,700 Blue Riband, with Umbria one of the two last Cunarders to carry sails, scrapped 1910 Skirmisher 1884 1884–1945 Tender 612 Scrapped in 1947 1893 1893–1914 Express 12,900 Blue Riband, sold to Royal Navy 1914 and converted to aircraft carrier HMS Campania, sank 1918 1893 1893–1909 Express 12,900 Blue Riband, scrapped after fire 1909 Sylvania 1895 1895–1910 Cargo ship 5,598 Scrapped in 1910 Carinthia 1895 1895–1900 Cargo ship 5,598 Used as a troop transport in the Boer War. Wrecked off Haiti in 1900 Pavia 1897 1897–1928 Cargo ship 2,945 scrapped in 1928 Tyria 1897 1897–1928 Cargo ship 2,936 sold in 1928, scrapped in 1930 Cypria 1898 1898–1928 Cargo ship 2,396 Scrapped in 1928 Veria 1899 1899–1915 Cargo ship 3,229 sunk by a torpedo 1915 1899 1898–1917 Intermediate 10,400 Sunk by 1917 1900 1900–1917 Intermediate 14,250 Sunk by 1917 1900 1900–1925 Intermediate 14,250 Scrapped 1925

1901–1918 Ship Built In service for Cunard Type GRT Notes Image Brescia 1903 1903–1931 Cargo ship 3,225 Scrapped in 1931. 1903 1903–1918 Intermediate 13,600 Rescued survivors from , later sunk by 1918. 1903 1903–1909 Intermediate 10,606 Wrecked 1909. 1903 1903–1914 Intermediate 9,851 Chartered by Anchor Line 1914 for 4 trips, scrapped 1922. 1905 1905–1932 Intermediate 19,650 Scrapped 1932. 1905 1905–1932 Intermediate 19,650 Scrapped 1932. 1907 1907–1915 Express 31,550 Blue Riband, sunk by 1915. 1907 1907–1934 Express 31,938 Blue Riband, scrapped 1935. Lycia 1896 1909–1917 Cargo ship 2,715 Captured by and sunk by bombs 1917 Phrygia 1900 1909–1928 Cargo ship 3,352 Sold in 1928 and scrapped in 1933. Thracia 1895 1909–1917 Cargo ship 2,891 Sunk by 1917 1911 1911–1916 Intermediate 18,100 Sunk by 1916 1900 1911–1912 Intermediate 7,650 Built for Thompson Line, purchased by Cunard 1911, sold to Bank Line 1912, scrapped 1930 1909 1911–1918 Intermediate 7,907 Ex-Tortona built for Thompson Line, purchased by Cunard 1911, sunk by 30 May 1918. Ascania 1911 1911–1918 Intermediate 9,100 Wrecked 1918 Caria 1900 1911–1915 Cargo ship 3,023 Sunk by U boat in 1915 1912 1912–1917 Intermediate 18,100 Sunk by 1917 1913 1913–1918 Intermediate 13,400 Sunk by 1918 1913 1913–1916 Intermediate 13,400 Sunk by mine 1916 1914 1914–1950 Express 45,647 Served in both world wars, longest serving Cunard liner until Scythia in 1956, scrapped 1950 1914 1914–1917 Intermediate 14,348 Sunk by in 1917 1914 1914–1921 Intermediate 15,700 Built for PSN Co, acquired by Cunard 1914, returned to PSN 1921, scrapped 1951 Volodia 1913 1915–1917 Cargo ship 5,689 Sunk 1917 Vandalia 1912 1915–1918 Cargo ship 7,334 Sunk by U boat in 1918 Vinovia 1906 1915–1917 Cargo ship 7,046 Sunk by U boat 1917 Valeria 1913 1915-1918 Cargo ship 5.865 caught fire in 1918 no casualties but the ship was a total loss. 1916 1916–1918 Intermediate 13,400 Sunk by in 1918 Valacia 1916 1916–1931 Cargo ship 6,526 Sold in 1931 Later sunk by in 1941. Royal George 1907 1916–1920 Intermediate 11,142 Ex Heliopolis Served on the Liverpool to New York route. Scrapped 1922. Justicia 1917 Never operated Intermediate 32,120 Acquired from the Holland America Line but never operated for Cunard due to a crew shortage, and was handed over to the White Star Line. Feltria 1891 1916–1917 Intermediate 2,254 Sunk by UC-48 in 1917. Flavia 1902 1916–1918 Intermediate 9,285 Sunk by U-107 In 1918. Folia 1907 1916–1917 Intermediate 6,560 Sunk by U-53 in 1917. Dwinsk 1897 1917-1918 Intermediate 8,139 Acquired from the Holland America Line, Sunk by in 1918.

1918–1934