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The White Star Line's Olympic, Titanic and the upcoming Britannic were larger than the latest Cunard ships, Mauretania and Lusitania, by 15,000 gross register tons. The Cunard duo were significantly faster than the White Star ships, while White Star's ships were seen as more luxurious.
Aquitania was way better than the Titanic in every regard except symmetry. Such a cool superstructure, a prototype Queen Mary! And the bows of the Mauretania class... so classic.
White Star's RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic were larger than the latest Cunard ships Mauretania and Lusitania by 15,000 gross tons. The Cunard duo were significantly faster than the White Star ships, while White Star's ships were seen as more luxurious.
Despite her greater length and beam, the RMS Aquitania was actually of less overall tonnage than the Titanic, which was the metric used for "size" of vessels. Thus the Titanic would have been considered the larger ship.
RMS Aquitania was the third in Cunard Line's grand trio of express liners, preceded by RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania, her similar looking, but smaller sisterships and was the last surviving four-funnelled ocean liner. The liner was nicknamed 'Ship Beautiful' and was widely regarded as the greatest looking liner back in the day.
12 Μαρ 2024 · Several of their liners became famous for their tragic fates, as was the case with the RMS Titanic, the RMS Britannic, or the RMS Lusitania (whose sinking in 1915 by a German U-boat is considered to be among the reasons which would eventually push Washington to get involved in the War).
The Aquitania was designed by Leonard Peskett after he travelled on the RMS Olympic to see how a ship with a gross tonnage of 50,000 would operate. At the time of her construction, the two largest shipping companies, the White Star Line (WSL) and Cunard, were in fierce competition with each other.
