Product code: Rare CUNARD Ship BERENGARIA Sterling deals Silver Bud Vase 3.75
Rare CUNARD Line Ship RMS IMPERATOR Later BERENGARIA Fluted deals Silver Bud Vase 3.75" Enamel Crested RMS BERENGARIA Sold onboard as Souvenir circa 1920s SS Imperator was a German ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line launched in 1912. At the time of her completion in June 1913, she was the largest passenger ship in the world by gross tonnage, surpassing the new White Star liner Olympic. Imperator served for 14 months on HAPAG's transatlantic route, until the outbreak of World War I, after which she remained in port in Hamburg. After the war, she was briefly commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Imperator (ID-4080) and employed as a transport, returning American troops from Europe. Following his service with the U.S. Navy, Imperator was handed over to Britain's Cunard Line as part of WAR REPARATIONS, due to the loss of the RMS Lusitania, where she sailed as the flagship RMS BERENGARIA for the last 20 years of her career.
Rare CUNARD Line Ship RMS IMPERATOR Later BERENGARIA Fluted deals Silver Bud Vase 3.75" Enamel Crested RMS BERENGARIA Sold onboard as Souvenir circa 1920s SS Imperator was a German ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line launched in 1912. At the time of her completion in June 1913, she was the largest passenger ship in the world by gross tonnage, surpassing the new White Star liner Olympic. Imperator served for 14 months on HAPAG's transatlantic route, until the outbreak of World War I, after which she remained in port in Hamburg. After the war, she was briefly commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Imperator (ID-4080) and employed as a transport, returning American troops from Europe. Following his service with the U.S. Navy, Imperator was handed over to Britain's Cunard Line as part of WAR REPARATIONS, due to the loss of the RMS Lusitania, where she sailed as the flagship RMS BERENGARIA for the last 20 years of her career.