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This fascinating book provides a unique record of the careers and final underwater resting places of ships of the Cunard Line, whose rich history spans over 300 ships and nearly two centuries. Many books have been published on Cunard’s heritage but the final fate of these ships is often little more than a footnote of history. Authors Sam Warwick and Mike Roussel have taken the shipwrecks as a starting point to create a vivid new history. Featured vessels include the well-known Caronia, Lancastria, Campania, Lusitania, Malta, Oregon, Scotia and Carpathia, famous for rescuing the survivors from the Titanic, as well as many others. Events surrounding the wrecking of each vessel are thoroughly explored and unique diver accounts are incorporated, along with never-before-seen underwater images of the wrecks. Finishing off with practical data for interested divers, this book offers a fresh analysis of Cunard’s maritime history.
29th May, 2025 in Maritime, Military
Since the mid 1800s a number of Cunard ships have been requisitioned to support Britain during wartime. Several Cunarders were requisitioned to support Britain during the Crimean War (1853–56). A total of fourteen Cunard ships served in the campaign. Of those, Arabia transported…
4th July, 2018 in Archaeology, Maritime
The circumstances and details of Carpathia’s sad ending were typical of the many thousands of merchant vessels sunk by enemy action in the First Word War. Consequently, stories of more publicised and controversial losses, such as the Lusitania in 1915, tended to dominate public a…
18th July, 2017 in Archaeology, Maritime
In September 1837 the wooden paddle steamer Don Juan, of the company later known simply as ‘P&O’, sailed on the inaugural voyage of the mail service contract to the Iberian Peninsula. Up until the major restructuring of the company in 1971 P&O had owned nearly five hundre…
