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of Water Street, Liverpool.
1840 The British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company was formed.
1878 the firm became Cunard Steamship Company Ltd. The company was registered on 23 May.
1907 The company entered into an agreement with his Majesty's government, by which it undertook to build two large steamers, the agreement to be in force for twenty years from the date of the sailing of the second vessel; these two steamers, the Lusitania and the Mauretania, were completed this year. [1]
1934 merged with the White Star Line. The company was known as Cunard White Star Line and was renamed Cunard Line in 1950.
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908