As Cunard Line celebrates its 175th anniversary the cruise line has shared rare archived photos showing the glamours life on board the British/American ships.
The photo tour of the golden age of cruising shows a glamorous world of ocean liners crossing the transatlantic.
Since being launched by Samuel Cunard in 1840, the fleet has welcomed the most illustrious members of society on board, and has a guest book, which includes everyone from Queen Elizabeth II to Liz Taylor to Beyonce.
The iconic cruise line has a long an eventful history and famously had one of its ships coming to rescue when the Titanic was sinking and even transported warhorses and Charles Dickens was notably referring to one of their cabins as a ‘profoundly preposterous box’.
Today Cunard is the only cruise line that currently provides a regular transatlantic crossing and their ships were the first with email, a library and a gymnasium on board.