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The new Queen Elizabeth will reflect the grandeur which has been associated with Cunard ships since the introduction of the Mauretania in 1907; and from the outside, her black hull, gleaming white superstructure and distinctive red funnel will echo the classic characteristics of Cunard's distinctive liner heritage. Queen Elizabeth will fly the Red Ensign with her home-port Southampton.

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RMS Caronia was a 34,183 gross register tons (GRT) passenger ship of the Cunard Line (then Cunard White Star Line). It was launched on 30/1047. She served with Cunard until 1967. She was nicknamed the "Green Goddess" by the people of Liverpool because her livery resembled that of the local trams, also known as "Green Goddesses".^[1] She is credited as one of the first "dual-purpose" built ships. After leaving Cunard she briefly served as SS Caribia in 1969, after which she was laid up in New York until 1974 when she was sold for scrap. While being towed to Taiwan for scrapping, she was caught in a storm on 12 August. After her tow lines were cut, she repeatedly crashed on the rocky breakwater outside Apra Harbor, Guam subsequently breaking into three.

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RMS Queen Mary, an ocean liner that sailed the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line (then Cunard White Star Line). Built by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, she was designed to be the first of Cunard's planned two-ship weekly express service from Southampton to Cherbourg to New York. After their release from World War II troop transport duties, Queen Mary and her running mate RMS Queen Elizabeth commenced this two-ship service and continued it for two decades until Queen Mary's retirement in 1967. The ship is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is permanently berthed in Long Beach, California serving as a museum ship and hotel. The Queen Mary celebrated the 70th anniversary of her launch in both Clydebank and in Long Beach during 2004, and the 70th anniversary of her maiden voyage in 2006.

RMS Queen Elizabeth, sailed the Atlantic Ocean for the Cunard Line (then the Cunard White Star Line) and was contracted to carry Royal Mail. At the time of construction in the 1930s by John Brown and Company in Clydebank, Scotland, she was known as Hull 552. She was named in honour of Queen Elizabeth (who was Queen Consort at the time of her launch in 1938). She was the largest passenger liner ever built at the time — a record that was not exceeded for fifty-six years. She first entered service as a troopship in the Second World War, and it was not until later that she served in her intended role as an ocean liner.

 For over 20 years the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary plied the Atlantic from Southampton to Cherbourg to New York. She ended her life in 1975 when she sank in Hong Kong harbour following a fire