Cunard Line

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Cunard Line is a historic British shipping company best known for operating famous transatlantic ocean liners and modern cruise ships.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf brand
cruise line
shipping company
acquiredBy Carnival Corporation & plc
acquisitionDate 1998
brandOwner Carnival Corporation & plc
country United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
fleetSize 3
founder David MacIver
George Burns
Robert Napier
Samuel Cunard
headquartersLocation England
Southampton
headquartersPreviousLocation Liverpool
London, England
surface form: London
historicRole mail steamer operator
transatlantic ocean liner operator
wartime troopship operator
inception 1840
industry cruise industry
passenger shipping
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalForm subsidiary
mergedWith White Star Line
merger Cunard Line self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cunard-White Star Line
mergerDate 1934
namedAfter Samuel Cunard
notableAchievement maintained regular scheduled transatlantic service for over a century
operated Blue Riband-winning liners
notableShip Queen Elizabeth (2010)
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2
surface form: Queen Elizabeth 2

Queen Mary 2
Queen Victoria
RMS Aquitania
RMS Lusitania
RMS Mauretania (1906)
RMS Queen Elizabeth
RMS Queen Mary
operatingArea worldwide
parentOrganization Carnival Corporation & plc
route North Atlantic area
surface form: North Atlantic

Southampton–Cherbourg–New York
surface form: Southampton–New York
service cruise holidays
transatlantic passenger service
world cruises
website https://www.cunard.com/

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Harland and Wolff builtFor Cunard Line
Chelsea Piers (partial, historical) associatedWithShippingLine Cunard Line
subject surface form: Chelsea Piers
Queen Mary operator Cunard Line
Queen Mary ownedBy Cunard Line
Merseyside Maritime Museum hasExhibit Cunard Line
this entity surface form: Liverpool shipping lines
White Star Line acquiredBy Cunard Line
White Star Line mergedInto Cunard Line
White Star Line competitor Cunard Line
Cunard Building formerOwner Cunard Line
Cunard Building namedAfter Cunard Line
Cunard Line merger Cunard Line self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cunard-White Star Line
RMS Lusitania operator Cunard Line
RMS Lusitania owner Cunard Line
GBTT operator Cunard Line
RMS Queen Elizabeth operator Cunard Line
RMS Queen Elizabeth owner Cunard Line
this entity surface form: Cunard White Star Line
RMS Queen Elizabeth laterOwner Cunard Line
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 operator Cunard Line
Olympic class designedToCompeteWith Cunard Line
this entity surface form: Cunard Line express liners
P&O Cruises hasSisterBrand Cunard Line
RMS Aquitania operator Cunard Line
RMS Aquitania owner Cunard Line
Queen Victoria operator Cunard Line
Queen Victoria hasOperatorBrand Cunard Line
this entity surface form: Cunard
Samuel Cunard memberOf Cunard Line
this entity surface form: Cunard family