Item PTA/2/4/3/8 - Colour postcard: R M S "Berengaria"

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Colour postcard: R M S "Berengaria"

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Colour postcard of R M S "Berengaria", tonnage 52,300, Cunard Line. Watercolour drawing of a large ocean liner, with steam coming out of the funnels, passing a lighthouse in choppy waves. A smaller pilot vessel is in the foreground together with a small rowing boat.
On verso pre-printed: Polytechnic Touring Association Ltd., 309 Regent Street W1. Unused

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The "Berengaria" was originally built as the "Imperator" for the Hamburg-Amerika Line in 1913. On 5 May 1919 she was seized by the US navy from Hamburg harbour and used as a troop transport. In February 1920 the liner was handed over to the Shipping Controller, London as reparation for the sinking of the "Lusitania" and then sold to the Cunard Line where she was renamed and became their fleet's flagship. On 3 March 1938 the vessel caught fire in New York harbour and was sold for scrap later that year. When the "Berengaria" was first built, she was the world's largest ship.
Source: www.rmhh.co.uk and www.atlanticliners.com