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In Colour “Aquitania” leading the transports Frontispiece To face page “Aquitania” escorted by destroyers 4 “Mauretania” escorted by destroyers 12 Torpedoing of the “Ivernia” 28 “Carmania” sinking “Cap Trafalgar” 36 Torpedoing of the “Ausonia” 44 Torpedoing of the “Lusitania” 52 “Phrygia” sinking a submarine 60 Torpedoing of the “Thracia” 68 “Valeria” sinking a submarine 84 Torpedoing of the “Volodia” 92 “Aquitania” as hospital ship 108 “Campania” as seaplane ship 124 In Monochrome To face page “Aquitania” at Southampton with Canadian troops 2 Embarkation 6 Transport in Southampton Water 6 Canadian troops on “Caronia” being addressed by their commander 8 The “Campania” sinking in the Firth of Forth 10 The “Carmania” starboard forward guns 14 Rope protection on “Carmania” against shell splinters 14 Life on a transport (i): Kit inspection 16 Life on a transport (ii): Rifle drill 16 The “Carmania” ready for action 18 South African infantry on board the “Laconia” 22 The “Caronia” leaving Durban 24 H.M.S. “Mersey” alongside the “Laconia” off the Rufigi River 26 The “Carmania” approaching Trinidad 30 One of the “Carmania’s” guns 30 “Abandon Ship” drill at sea 32 After the fight 32 Chart-house and bridge of the “Carmania” after the fight 34 The “Laconia” at Durban 38 Final of the S.A.I. heavyweight championship on the “Laconia” 38 The Nelson Plate presented to the “Carmania” 40 Crew leaving the “Franconia” after she was torpedoed 42 Scene on board after the torpedoing of the “Ivernia” (i) 46 Scene on board after the torpedoing of the “Ivernia” (ii) 48 The torpedoing of the “Ivernia”: Survivors afloat on raft 50 The torpedoing of the “Ivernia”: Survivors being taken in one of the boats 54 The “Lusitania” 56 The “Mauretania” as a hospital ship off Naples Harbour 58 The “Alaunia” as an emergency hospital ship 62 The “Lusitania” passing the Old Head of Kinsale 64 The “white wake” that stretched to the beaches of Gallipoli 66 Officers, nurses and R.A.M.C. orderlies of H.M.H.S. “Aquitania” 70 “Homeward Bound.” 70 The sun-cure 72 The “Franconia” passing through the Suez Canal 72 American troops never forgot the “Lusitania” 74 In the Spring of 1918 the “Mauretania” brought 33,000 American soldiers to Europe 78 The “Aquitania’s” stage 80 The “Saxonia,” camouflaged, leaving New York with American troops for Europe 80 Welcoming the first contingent of returning American troops, New York, December 1918 82 The “Mauretania” arriving at New York, December 1918 82 Boat drill on a Cunard hospital ship 86 The “Aquitania’s” garden lounge as hospital ward 88 The “Aurania” ashore after being torpedoed 90 The “Ivernia” settling down 90 The “Ivernia” survivors arriving in port 94 Troops landing from the “Mauretania” 94 The “Dwinsk” settling down after being torpedoed 96 Survivors from the “Dwinsk” after eight days in the lifeboat 96 The “Mauretania” leaving Southampton 98 “Father Neptune” cared little for the preying submarines 102 An armed cruiser’s range finder 102 The “Thracia” fast 104 The “Aquitania” re-appears in the Mersey 106 Officers of the torpedoed “Franconia” 110 A Cunard crew buying war savings certificates 110 One of the American howitzers, assembled at the Cunard works 112 The “Aquitania’s” chapel 112 Cunard national aeroplane factory 114 Interior of the aeroplane factory (i) 118 Interior of the aeroplane factory (ii) 118 Interior of the aeroplane factory (iii) 120 Russian refugees on the “Phrygia” 120 One of the rooms in the Cunard shell works 122 A Record of “striking” value 122 A hospital ward in the lounge of the “Mauretania” 126 The “Aquitania” lounge as orderly room 128 Officers’ ward in the smoking room of the “Aquitania” 128 Men’s ward in the lounge of the “Aquitania” 132 The “Franconia” sinking 136