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History. Early years: 1840–1850. Britannia of 1840 (1150 GRT), the first Cunard liner built for the transatlantic service. The British Government started operating monthly mail brigs from Falmouth, Cornwall, to New York in 1756. These ships carried few non-governmental passengers and no cargo.
In 1840, Samuel Cunard, a war veteran and timber merchant from Halifax, Nova Scotia, established the Cunard line. His ships were steam powered ferries - the first in the area - and over the next few years Cunard branched out to ocean steam, providing a mail service to Prince Edward Island, along the coast and, later, across the Atlantic.
Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (21 November 1787 – 28 April 1865), was a British-Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line, establishing the first scheduled steamship connection with North America. [1]
Aug 29, 2023 · The Cunard line was founded in 1840 by Samuel Cunard, a businessman from Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Cunard legacy began with steam powered ferries followed by ocean steamers. Mr. Cunard...
The line was founded by Sir Samuel Cunard along with George and James Burns, David and Charles McIver and Robert Napier to offer a regularly scheduled steamship service across the North Atlantic. Today over 180 years later, Cunard has four magnificent ships, Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Anne.
May 25, 2015 · It was founded in 1839 by Samuel Cunard, a Canadian businessman who won the first British steamship contract to deliver mail across the Atlantic. For the first time, posting a letter to...
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Samuel Cunard was the face of the business, and his public persona meant the line quickly became known as ‘Mr. Cunard’s Line’, and later Cunard Line. Samuel Cunard’s entrepreneurial spirit meant he saw the potential to carry passengers on the mail service, and as such he included a small compliment of passengers on each voyage.
