The company was created to control the joint shipping assets of the Cunard Line and the White Star Line after both companies experienced financial difficulties during the Great Depression. Cunard White Star controlled a total of twenty-five ocean liners (with Cunard contributing fifteen ships and White Star ten). Both Cunard and White Star were in dire financial trouble, and were looking to complete enormous liners: White Star had Hull 844 –Oceanic – and Cunard had Hull 534, which would later become RMS Queen Mary. In 1933, the British government agreed to provide assistance to the two competitors on the condition that they merge their North Atlantic operations.[2] The agreement was completed on 30 December 1933. The merger took place on 10 May 1934, creating Cunard-White Star Limited. White Star contributed ten ships to the new company while Cunard contributed fifteen. Due to this arrangement, and since Hull 534 was Cunard's ship, Cunard owned 62% of the new company, with White Star owning the remaining 38%. White Star vessels flew the White Star flag over the Cunard flag while Cunard vessels flew the Cunard flag over the White Star flag.
Being in a better financial and operating state than White Star, Cunard began absorbing White Star assets and as a result, most of the White Star vessels were quickly disposed of or sent to the shipbreakers. White Star's Australia and New Zealand service ships were transferred to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line in 1934 and RMS Olympic was retired and sold for scrap the following year, along with Cunard's RMS Mauretania. White Star's flagship RMS Majestic, the largest ship in the world until 1935, was sold in 1936.
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. However, the Cunard flag was flown over the White Star flag on the last two White Star liners, MV Georgic and MV Britannic. Georgic was scrapped in 1956, while Britannic made the final Liverpool–New York crossing of any White Star vessel from New York on 25 November 1960, and returned to Liverpool for the final time before sailing under her own power to the ship breakers. She was the last White Star liner in existence, leaving the passenger tender SS Nomadic, which was also owned by the company until 1934, as the last White Star Line ship afloat.
Despite this, all Cunard Line ships flew both the Cunard and White Star Line house flags on their masts until late 1968. This was most likely because Nomadic remained in service with Cunard until 4 November 1968, and was sent to the breakers' yard, only to be bought for use as a floating restaurant. After this, the White Star flag was no longer flown, the White Star name was removed from Cunard operations and all remnants of both White Star Line and Cunard-White Star Line were retired.[4][5] Cunard operated as a separate entity until 1999, when it was fully acquired by Carnival Corporation.
^McKenna, Robert (2001). The Dictionary of Nautical Literacy. Camden, Me.: International Marine/McGraw-Hill. ISBN0-07-136211-8. OCLC 46449032. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
^Hyde, Francis Edwin (1975). Cunard and the North Atlantic, 1840-1973 : a history of shipping and financial management. London: Macmillan. ISBN978-1-349-02390-5. OCLC 643663453.
de Kerbrech, Richard P. (2009). Ships of the White Star Line. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN978-0-7110-3366-5. OCLC 298597975.
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cunard, white, star, line, british, shipping, line, which, existed, between, 1934, 1949, limitedindustrytransportationpredecessorwhite, star, linecunard, linefounded10, 1934, years, 1934, defunct31, december, 1949, years, december, 1949, successorcunard, lineh. Cunard White Star Line Ltd was a British shipping line which existed between 1934 and 1949 1 Cunard White Star Line LimitedIndustryTransportationPredecessorWhite Star LineCunard LineFounded10 May 1934 89 years ago 10 May 1934 Defunct31 December 1949 73 years ago 31 December 1949 SuccessorCunard LineHeadquartersLiverpool United KingdomArea servedTransatlanticKey peoplePercy Bates Chairman OwnerCunard Line 62 and White Star Line 38 Contents 1 History 2 Fleet 3 References 3 1 Works cited 4 External linksHistory editThe company was created to control the joint shipping assets of the Cunard Line and the White Star Line after both companies experienced financial difficulties during the Great Depression Cunard White Star controlled a total of twenty five ocean liners with Cunard contributing fifteen ships and White Star ten Both Cunard and White Star were in dire financial trouble and were looking to complete enormous liners White Star had Hull 844 Oceanic and Cunard had Hull 534 which would later become RMS Queen Mary In 1933 the British government agreed to provide assistance to the two competitors on the condition that they merge their North Atlantic operations 2 The agreement was completed on 30 December 1933 The merger took place on 10 May 1934 creating Cunard White Star Limited White Star contributed ten ships to the new company while Cunard contributed fifteen Due to this arrangement and since Hull 534 was Cunard s ship Cunard owned 62 of the new company with White Star owning the remaining 38 White Star vessels flew the White Star flag over the Cunard flag while Cunard vessels flew the Cunard flag over the White Star flag Being in a better financial and operating state than White Star Cunard began absorbing White Star assets and as a result most of the White Star vessels were quickly disposed of or sent to the shipbreakers White Star s Australia and New Zealand service ships were transferred to the Shaw Savill amp Albion Line in 1934 and RMS Olympic was retired and sold for scrap the following year along with Cunard s RMS Mauretania White Star s flagship RMS Majestic the largest ship in the world until 1935 was sold in 1936 nbsp Cunard White Star Queen Mary baggage tagIn 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 However the Cunard flag was flown over the White Star flag on the last two White Star liners MV Georgic and MV Britannic Georgic was scrapped in 1956 while Britannic made the final Liverpool New York crossing of any White Star vessel from New York on 25 November 1960 and returned to Liverpool for the final time before sailing under her own power to the ship breakers She was the last White Star liner in existence leaving the passenger tender SS Nomadic which was also owned by the company until 1934 as the last White Star Line ship afloat Despite this all Cunard Line ships flew both the Cunard and White Star Line house flags on their masts until late 1968 This was most likely because Nomadic remained in service with Cunard until 4 November 1968 and was sent to the breakers yard only to be bought for use as a floating restaurant After this the White Star flag was no longer flown the White Star name was removed from Cunard operations and all remnants of both White Star Line and Cunard White Star Line were retired 4 5 Cunard operated as a separate entity until 1999 when it was fully acquired by Carnival Corporation Fleet editShip Built In service for Cunard White Star Line Tonnage ImageMauretania I 1907 1934 35 31 950 GRT nbsp Adriatic 1907 1934 35 24 541 GRT nbsp Olympic 1911 1934 35 46 439 GRT nbsp Ceramic 1913 1934 42 18 400 GRT nbsp Berengaria 1913 1934 38 51 950 GRT nbsp Homeric 1913 1934 35 35 000 GRT nbsp Aquitania 1914 1934 49 45 650 GRT nbsp Majestic 1914 1934 36 56 551 GRT nbsp Scythia 1921 1934 49 19 700 GRT nbsp Samaria 1922 1934 49 19 700 GRT nbsp Laconia 1922 1934 42 19 700 GRT nbsp Antonia 1922 1934 42 13 900 GRT nbsp Ausonia 1922 1934 42 13 900 GRT nbsp Lancastria 1922 1934 40 16 250 GRT nbsp Franconia 1922 1934 49 20 200 GRT nbsp Doric 1923 1934 35 16 484 GRT nbsp Aurania 1924 1934 42 14 000 GRT nbsp Carinthia 1925 1934 40 20 200 GRT nbsp Ascania 1925 1934 49 14 000 GRT nbsp Alaunia 1925 1934 42 14 000 GRT nbsp Calgaric 1927 Never entered service owned 1934 16 063 GRT nbsp Laurentic 1927 1934 36 18 724 GRT nbsp Britannic 1929 1934 49 26 943 GRT nbsp Georgic 1932 1934 49 27 759 GRT nbsp Queen Mary 1936 1936 49 80 750 GRT nbsp Mauretania II 1938 1938 49 35 738 GRT nbsp Queen Elizabeth 1940 1940 49 83 650 GRT nbsp Media 1947 1947 49 13 350 GRTParthia 1947 1947 49 13 350 GRT nbsp Caronia 1949 1949 34 200 GRT nbsp References edit McKenna Robert 2001 The Dictionary of Nautical Literacy Camden Me International Marine McGraw Hill ISBN 0 07 136211 8 OCLC 46449032 Retrieved 14 January 2012 Chirnside 2004 p 123 Hyde Francis Edwin 1975 Cunard and the North Atlantic 1840 1973 a history of shipping and financial management London Macmillan ISBN 978 1 349 02390 5 OCLC 643663453 Anderson 1964 p 183 de Kerbrech 2009 p 229 Works cited edit Anderson Roy Claude 1964 White Star Prescot T Stephenson amp Sons Ltd OCLC 3134809 Chirnside Mark 2004 The Olympic Class Ships Stroud Tempus ISBN 978 0 7524 2868 0 de Kerbrech Richard P 2009 Ships of the White Star Line Hersham Ian Allan Publishing ISBN 978 0 7110 3366 5 OCLC 298597975 External links editCunard White Star History and Ephemera GG Archives Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cunard White Star Line amp oldid 1176870602, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
