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As a sidebar to the above posts, were you aware that all Cunard liners' names ended in -ia (Lusitania, Maurentia, Aquitania, etc) whilst all White Star liners' names ended in -ic (Titanic, Olympic, etc).
As a further sidebar, I arrived in Canada aboard Aquitania (ship's name mentioned above) 7 Feb 1947 at Pier 21, Halifax, from Southampton. It was an austerity trip, the ship was still rigged out for troopship conveyance.
Third class immigration passage...four sittings per meal...sometimes interrupted by lifeboat drills. Not much fun for a little kid! Trip took 6 days.
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