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Ship – RMS Aquitania
Ship Details
Name: RMS Aquitania
Owner: Cunard Steamship Company
Further information at: en.wikipedia.org
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Notes & Comments
Info collected by Bruce Maliphant [##48059]
JOURNEYS
| Surname | First Name | Ref ID | From | ↓ Select ↓ | To | Departure | Arrival | Transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALIPHANT | Elizabeth | 45507 | U.S.A. |   | U.K. | 12th September 1921 E | 20th September 1921 | RMS Aquitania |
| MALIPHANT | Elizabeth Ann | 46013 | U.S.A. | | U.K. | 12th September 1921 E | 20th September 1921 | RMS Aquitania |
| MALIPHANT | Elizabeth | 46512 | U.S.A. | | U.K. | 13th June 1922 | 20th June 1922 | RMS Aquitania |
| MALIPHANT | Elizabeth | 46512 | U.K. | | U.S.A. | 2nd September 1922 | 8th September 1922 | RMS Aquitania |
| MALIPHANT | George Stephen | 46012 | U.S.A. | | U.K. | 15th September 1927 E | 21st September 1927 | RMS Aquitania |
| MALIPHANT | Elizabeth | 46512 | U.S.A. | | U.K. | 15th September 1927 E | 21st September 1927 | RMS Aquitania |
| MALIPHANT | George Stephen | 47023 | U.S.A. | | U.K. | 15th September 1927 E | 21st September 1927 | RMS Aquitania |
| MALIPHANT | Charles Oran | 47024 | U.S.A. | | U.K. | 15th September 1927 E | 21st September 1927 | RMS Aquitania |
| MALIPHANT | Harold Charles | 47013 | U.K. |  | Canada | 2nd February 1947 | 7th February 1947 | RMS Aquitania |
| MALIPHANT | Nellie | 47513 | U.K. | | Canada | 2nd February 1947 | 7th February 1947 | RMS Aquitania |
| MALIPHANT | Marjorie | 48020 | U.K. | | Canada | 2nd February 1947 | 7th February 1947 | RMS Aquitania |
| MALIPHANT | Gwyneth | 48021 | U.K. | | Canada | 2nd February 1947 | 7th February 1947 | RMS Aquitania |
SPECIFICATIONS
Built by John Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank, Glasgow.
Tonnage: 45,647.
Dimensions: 868′ x 97′.
Quadruple-screw, 24 knots.
Two masts and four funnels.
Launched on April 21, 1913.
Commenced maiden voyage on May 30, 1914.
Fourth funnel is a dummy.
Considered one of the most beautiful liners ever built.
During World War I she was employed as a troopship and later as a hospital ship.
In World War II was used as a troopship carrying thousands of American soldiers overseas.