{"slug": "cunard-line", "label": "Cunard Line", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunard_Line", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730587", "qid": "Q730587", "description": "British cruise line", "entries": 17, "years": 14, "span": [1787, 1950], "span_label": ["1787 CE", "1950 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 6}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Cunard", "Cunard Steamship Company"], "related": [{"slug": "liverpool", "label": "Liverpool", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "southampton", "label": "Southampton", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "halifax-nova-scotia", "label": "Halifax, Nova Scotia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "new-york-city", "label": "New York City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nova-scotia", "label": "Nova Scotia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "glasgow", "label": "Glasgow", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "firth-of-forth", "label": "Firth of Forth", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1787, "year_label": "1787 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 21", "text": "November 21 – Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, prominent Nova Scotian, founder of the Cunard Line (d. 1865)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370561702#Births", "title": "1787", "revid": 1370561702, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1840, "year_label": "1840 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – The Cunard Line's 700-ton wooden paddlewheel steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool, bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the first steam transatlantic passenger mail service.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360387586#July–September", "title": "1840", "revid": 1360387586, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1840, "year_label": "1840 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 4", "text": "4 July – the Cunard Line's 700-ton wooden paddle steamer RMS Britannia, launched by Robert Duncan & Company at Greenock on 5 February, departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the first steam transatlantic passenger mail service. Scottish marine engineer Robert Napier is a major partner in the venture and has supplied the ship's engine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353739577#Events", "title": "1840 in Scotland", "revid": 1353739577, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "July 25", "text": "25 July – Robert Napier and Sons launch RMS Persia on the River Clyde, the first iron-hulled ship for the Cunard Line and the world's largest at this date (3300 grt, 398 ft (121 m)).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254645#Events", "title": "1855 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254645, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 29", "text": "April 29 – The iron-hulled paddle steamer RMS Persia concludes a 9-day 16 hour westbound transatlantic crossing, at an average 13.11 knots (24.28 km/h), regaining the Blue Riband for the Cunard Line.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371140008#April–June", "title": "1856", "revid": 1371140008, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1881, "year_label": "1881 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – The Cunard Line's SS Servia, the first large steel transatlantic liner, is launched at Clydebank in Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369747876#March", "title": "1881", "revid": 1369747876, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1892, "year_label": "1892 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "September 8", "text": "8 September – Cunard liner RMS Campania is launched by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254841#Events", "title": "1892 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254841, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1901, "year_label": "1901 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – RMS Lucania is the first Cunard Line ship to receive a wireless radio set.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318021#June", "title": "1901", "revid": 1373318021, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1906, "year_label": "1906 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "June 7", "text": "June 7 – Cunard liner RMS Lusitania is launched in Glasgow, as the world's largest ship.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373343237#May–June", "title": "1906", "revid": 1373343237, "section": "Events › May–June"}}, {"year": 1906, "year_label": "1906 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "June 7", "text": "7 June – Cunard liner RMS Lusitania is launched at John Brown & Company's shipyard at Clydebank as the world's largest ship.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362262953#Events", "title": "1906 in Scotland", "revid": 1362262953, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1907, "year_label": "1907 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – British Cunard Line passenger liner RMS Lusitania sets out on her maiden voyage, from Liverpool (England) to New York City.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373349351#September", "title": "1907", "revid": 1373349351, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1912, "year_label": "1912 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – Cunard Line vessel RMS Carpathia arrives in New York with the 705 RMS Titanic survivors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503730#April", "title": "1912", "revid": 1373503730, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1913, "year_label": "1913 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, built by John Brown & Company, is launched on the River Clyde.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373505613#April", "title": "1913", "revid": 1373505613, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1918, "year_label": "1918 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November 5", "text": "5 November – Clydebuilt former Cunarder HMS Campania sinks in an accident in the Firth of Forth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362255037#Events", "title": "1918 in Scotland", "revid": 1362255037, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1949, "year_label": "1949 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 4", "text": "4 January – RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371414593#Events", "title": "1949 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1371414593, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1949, "year_label": "1949 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 4", "text": "January 4 – RMS Caronia (1947) of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York City on her maiden voyage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370917975#January–March", "title": "1949 in the United States", "revid": 1370917975, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1950, "year_label": "1950 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – Cunard liner Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career, the longest of any in the 20th Century.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371638577#February", "title": "1950", "revid": 1371638577, "section": "Events › February"}}]}