Cunard Company

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Maude Royden
MR looked up to one elder brother in particular, Thomas Royden . He became the chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company , the Midland Bank , and Shell Transport . He also became a High...
Textual Features Isabella Bird
IB incorporated in this work an account of an earlier journey to Prince Edward Island, which she had taken in the summer of 1854.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Unlike her later works, this account goes into specifics about...

Timeline

1840: The British and North American Royal Mail...

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1840

The British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (later the Cunard Steamship Company ) began its regular transatlantic steamer service.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
92
Kemp, Peter, editor. Encyclopedia of Ships and Seafaring. Stanford Maritime, 1980.
216

16 August 1845-29 May 1846: Frederick Douglass, ex-slave and anti-slavery...

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16 August 1845-29 May 1846

Frederick Douglass , ex-slave and anti-slavery campaigner, visited Britain: Ireland, Scotland, and England.
Huggins, Nathan Irvin. Slave and Citizen: The Life of Frederick Douglass. Little, Brown, 1980.
24, 28, 35
Douglass, Frederick. Frederick Douglass on Women’s Rights. Editor Foner, Philip S., Greenwood Press, 1976.
10
Halbersleben, Karen I. Women’s Participation in the British Antislavery Movement, 1824-1865. Edwin Mellen Press, 1993.
191

1856: The Cunard Company's iron steamship the Persia...

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1856

The Cunard Company 's iron steamship the Persia crossed the Atlantic at an average speed of 13.49 knots, establishing itself as the fastest vessel in the world.
Roche, Thomas William Edgar. Samuel Cunard and the North Atlantic. MacDonald, 1971.
17

1901: The first wireless telegraphy between ships...

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1901

The first wireless telegraphy between ships took place between the British ship Lake Champlain and the Cunard liner Lucania.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
153

7 May 1915: The Cunard liner Lusitania was sunk by a...

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7 May 1915

The Cunard liner Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
167, 186
Reynolds, David. “Too Proud to Fight”. London Review of Books, 28 Nov. 2002, pp. 29-31.
29

26 September 1934: The Queen Mary left Southampton on her maiden...

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26 September 1934

The Queen Mary left Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
223-4
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
378

July 1935: Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant were painting...

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July 1935

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant were painting wall-panels for a new Cunard transatlantic liner, the Queen Mary.
Woolf, Virginia. The Letters of Virginia Woolf. Editors Nicolson, Nigel and Joanne Trautmann, Hogarth Press, 1975–1980, 6 vols.
5: 417

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