# List of Cunard Line ships

The following is a list of ships operated by the Cunard Line.

## Fleet

The Cunard fleet, all built for Cunard unless otherwise indicated, consisted of the following ships in order of acquisition:

### 1840–1850

All ships of this period had wooden hulls and paddle wheels.
| Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes |
| Unicorn | 1836 | 1840–1845 | Express | 650 | Coastal steamer purchased for Montreal service, sold 1846 |
| Britannia | 1840 | 1840–1849 | Express | 1,150 | Eastbound record holder, sold to North German Navy 1849 |
| Acadia | 1840 | 1840–1849 | Express | 1,150 | Sold to North German Navy 1849 |
| Caledonia | 1840 | 1840–1850 | Express | 1,138 | Sold to Spanish Navy 1850 |
| Columbia | 1841 | 1840–1843 | Express | 1,150 | Blue Riband, wrecked 1843 without loss of life |
| Hibernia | 1843 | 1843–1850 | Express | 1,422 | Eastbound record holder, sold to Spanish Navy 1850 |
| Cambria | 1845 | 1844–1860 | Express | 1,423 | Blue Riband, sold to Italian owners 1860 |
| Margaret | 1839 | 1842–1872 | Express | 750 | Bought from G & J Burns. Sold in 1856 for use as a coal hulk. |
| America | 1848 | 1848–1866 | Express | 1,826 | Blue Riband, sold 1863 and converted to sail, scrapped 1875 |
| Niagara | 1848 | 1848–1866 | Express | 1,824 | Sold 1866 and converted to sail, wrecked 1875 |
| Satellite | 1848 | 1848–1902 | Tender | 175 | Scrapped in 1902 |
| Europa | 1848 | 1848–1866 | Express | 1,834 | Blue Riband, sold 1867 |
| Canada | 1848 | 1848–1867 | Express | 1,831 | Eastbound record holder, sold 1866 and converted to sail, scrapped 1883 |
| Asia | 1850 | 1850–1867 | Express | 2,250 | Blue Riband, sold 1868, scrapped 1883 |
| Africa | 1850 | 1850–1868 | Express | 2,250 | Sold 1868 |

### 1850–1869

Only Arabia had a wooden hull and only Arabia, Persia, Shamrock, Jackal and Scotia had paddle wheels.
| Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes |
| Shamrock | 1847 | 1851–1854 | Intermediate | 714 | Sold in 1854 |
| Arabia | 1852 | 1852–1864 | Express | 2,400 | Sold 1864 and converted to sail, sank 1868 |
| Andes | 1852 | 1852–1859 | Intermediate | 1,400 | Sold to Spanish Government 1859 |
| Alps | 1852 | 1852–1859 | Intermediate | 1,400 | Sold to Spanish Government 1859 |
| Karnak | 1853 | 1853–1862 | Intermediate | 1,116 | Wrecked 1862 |
| Melita | 1853 | 1853–1861 | Intermediate | 1,254 | Sold 1855 |
| Jackal | 1853 | 1853–1893 | Tender | 180 | Scrapped in 1893. |
| Delta | 1853 | 1854–1899 | Intermediate | 645 | Sold |
| Curlew | 1853 | 1853–1856 | Intermediate | 523 | Wrecked 1856 |
| Jura | 1854 | 1854–1861 | Intermediate | 2,200 | Sold to Allan Line 1860, wrecked off Liverpool 1864 |
| Etna | 1855 | 1855–1860 | Intermediate | 2,200 | Sold to Inman Line 1860, scrapped 1896 |
| Emeu | 1854 | 1854-1858 | Intermediate | 1,538 | Purchased from Australasian Pacific Mail in 1855. Chartered in 1857 to European & Australasian Pacific Mail, then sold to P&O in 1858. Troop transport in the Crimean War. |
| Persia | 1856 | 1856–1868 | Express | 3,300 | Blue Riband, taken out of service 1868 and scrapped 1872 |
| Stromboli | 1856 | 1859–1878 | Intermediate | 734 | Wrecked 1878 |
| Italian | 1855 | 1855–1864 | Intermediate | 784 | Sold 1864 |
| Lebanon | 1854 | 1855–1859 | Intermediate | 1,000 | Sold 1870 |
| Palestine | 1858 | 1858–1870 | Intermediate | 1,000 | Sold 1870 |
| Australasian Calabria | 1857 | 1859–1876 | Intermediate | 2,700 | Built for other owners, sold 1876, scrapped 1898 |
| Atlas | 1860 | 1860–1896 | Intermediate | 2,393 | Lengthened and re-engined in 1873, scrapped 1896 |
| Damascus | 1860 | 1856-1860 | Intermediate | 1,213 | Sold 1881 |
| Kedar | 1860 | 1860–1897 | Intermediate | 1,783 | Scrapped 1897 |
| Balbec | 1852 | 1853–1884 | Intermediate | 1,783 | Scrapped 1884 |
| Marathon | 1860 | 1860–1898 | Intermediate | 2,403 | scrapped 1898 |
| Morocco | 1861 | 1861–1896 | Intermediate | 1,855 | Scrapped 1896 |
| China | 1862 | 1862–1880 | Intermediate | 2,638 | Sold to Spanish Government 1880 |
| British Queen | 1849 | 1852–1898 | Intermediate | 772 | Scrapped 1898 |
| Scotia | 1862 | 1862–1878 | Express | 3,850 | Blue Riband, Cunard's last paddle steamer, sold 1878 and converted to cable layer. Wrecked 1904 |
| Hecla | 1863 | 1860–1881 | Intermediate | 1,785 | Sold 1881 |
| Alpha | 1863 | 1863–1869 | Intermediate | 653 | Sold 1869 |
| Sidon | 1863 | 1861–1885 | Intermediate | 1,872 | wrecked 1885 |
| Corscia | 1863 | 1863–1867 | Intermediate | 1,134 | Sold 1868 |
| Olympus | 1863 | 1860–1881 | Intermediate | 1,794 | Sold 1881 |
| Tripoli | 1863 | 1863–1872 | Intermediate | 2,057 | Wrecked on Tuskar Rock, Wexford 1872 |
| Cuba | 1864 | 1864–1876 | Express | 2,700 | Sold 1876 and converted to sail, wrecked 1887 |
| Aleppo | 1865 | 1865–1909 | Intermediate | 2,056 | Scrapped 1909 |
| Java | 1865 | 1865–1877 | Express | 2,700 | Sold 1878 to Red Star Line, and renamed Zeeland, lost at sea 1895 |
| Palmyra | 1866 | 1866–1896 | Intermediate | 2,044 | Scrapped 1896 |
| Malta | 1866 | 1865–1889 | Intermediate | 2,132 | Wrecked on the Cornish coast 1889 |
| Russia | 1867 | 1867–1879 | Express | 2,950 | Sold to Red Star Line 1880 and renamed Waesland. Resold and renamed Philadelphia, sank after a collision 1902 |
| Siberia | 1867 | 1867–1880 | Intermediate | 2,550 | Sold to Spanish owners 1880, renamed Manila, wrecked 1882 |
| Samaria | 1868 | 1868–1902 | Intermediate | 2,550 | Sold 1892 |

### 1869–1901

| Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes |
| Batavia | 1870 | 1870–1888 | Intermediate | 2,550 | Traded in for Oregon 1884, scrapped 1924 |
| Abyssinia | 1870 | 1870–1880 | Express | 3,250 | Sold to Guion Line 1880, destroyed by fire at sea 1891 |
| Algeria | 1870 | 1870–1881 | Express | 3,250 | Sold to Red Star Line 1881, scrapped 1903 |
| Parthia | 1870 | 1870–1884 | Intermediate | 3,150 | Traded in for Oregon 1884, scrapped 1956 |
| Beta | 1873 | 1874–1888 | intermediate | 1,070 | Sold 1889 |
| Bothnia | 1874 | 1874–1899 | Express | 4,550 | Sold 1896, scrapped 1899 |
| Saragossa | 1874 | 1874–1909 | Intermediate | 2,263 | Sold 1880, scrapped 1909 |
| Nantes | 1874 | 1873–1888 | Intermediate | 1,473 | Sank in 1888 |
| Brest | 1874 | 1874–1879 | Intermediate | 1,472 | Wrecked in 1879 |
| Cherbourg | 1875 | 1875–1909 | intermediate | 1,614 | Scrapped 1909 |
| Scythia | 1875 | 1875–1899 | Express | 4,550 | Sold for scrap 1898 |
| Gallia | 1879 | 1879–1897 | Express | 4,550 | Sold to Beaver Line 1897, scrapped 1900 |
| Otter | 1880 | 1880–1920 | Tender | 287 | Sold in 1920. |
| Catalonia | 1881 | 1881–1901 | Intermediate | 4,850 | Requisitioned for use in the Second Boer War, scrapped 1901 |
| Cephalonia | 1882 | 1882–1900 | Intermediate | 5,500 | Sold to Russian Navy 1900, sunk Port Arthur 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War |
| Pavonia | 1882 | 1882–1900 | Intermediate | 5,500 | Sold and scrapped 1900 |
| Servia | 1881 | 1881–1902 | Express | 7,400 | First Cunarder with a steel hull and electric lights, scrapped 1902 |
| Aurania | 1883 | 1883–1905 | Express | 7,250 | Sold and scrapped 1905 |
| Oregon | 1883 | 1884–1886 | Express | 7,400 | Blue Riband, built for Guion Line, purchased by Cunard 1884, sank 1886 without loss of life |
| Umbria | 1884 | 1884–1910 | Express | 7,700 | Blue Riband, with Etruria one of the two last Cunarders to carry sails, scrapped 1910 |
| Etruria | 1884 | 1885–1909 | Express | 7,700 | Blue Riband, with Umbria one of the two last Cunarders to carry sails, scrapped 1910 |
| Skirmisher | 1884 | 1884–1945 | Tender | 612 | Scrapped in 1947 |
| Campania | 1893 | 1893–1914 | Express | 12,900 | Blue Riband, sold to Royal Navy 1914 and converted to aircraft carrier HMS Campania, sank 1918 |
| Lucania | 1893 | 1893–1909 | Express | 12,900 | Blue Riband, scrapped after fire 1909 |
| Sylvania | 1895 | 1895–1910 | Cargo ship | 5,598 | Scrapped in 1910 |
| Carinthia | 1895 | 1895–1900 | Cargo ship | 5,598 | Used as a troop transport in the Boer War. Wrecked off Haiti in 1900 |
| Pavia | 1897 | 1897–1928 | Cargo ship | 2,945 | scrapped in 1928 |
| Tyria | 1897 | 1897–1928 | Cargo ship | 2,936 | sold in 1928, scrapped in 1930 |
| Cypria | 1898 | 1898–1928 | Cargo ship | 2,396 | Scrapped in 1928 |
| Veria | 1899 | 1899–1915 | Cargo ship | 3,229 | sunk by a torpedo 1915 |
| Ultonia | 1899 | 1898–1917 | Intermediate | 10,400 | Sunk by SM U-53 1917 |
| Ivernia | 1900 | 1900–1917 | Intermediate | 14,250 | Sunk by SM UB-47 1917 |
| Saxonia | 1900 | 1900–1925 | Intermediate | 14,250 | Scrapped 1925 |

### 1901–1918

| Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes |
| Brescia | 1903 | 1903–1931 | Cargo ship | 3,225 | Scrapped in 1931. |
| Carpathia | 1903 | 1903–1918 | Intermediate | 13,600 | Rescued survivors from Titanic, later sunk by SM U-55 1918. |
| Slavonia | 1903 | 1903–1909 | Intermediate | 10,606 | Wrecked 1909. |
| Pannonia | 1903 | 1903–1914 | Intermediate | 9,851 | Chartered by Anchor Line 1914 for 4 trips, scrapped 1922. |
| Caronia | 1905 | 1905–1932 | Intermediate | 19,650 | Scrapped 1932. |
| Carmania | 1905 | 1905–1932 | Intermediate | 19,650 | Scrapped 1932. |
| Lusitania | 1907 | 1907–1915 | Express | 31,550 | Blue Riband, sunk by U-20 1915. |
| Mauretania | 1907 | 1907–1934 | Express | 31,938 | Blue Riband, scrapped 1935. |
| Lycia | 1896 | 1909–1917 | Cargo ship | 2,715 | Captured by SM UC-65 and sunk by bombs 1917 |
| Phrygia | 1900 | 1909–1928 | Cargo ship | 3,352 | Sold in 1928 and scrapped in 1933. |
| Thracia | 1895 | 1909–1917 | Cargo ship | 2,891 | Sunk by SM UC-69 1917 |
| Franconia | 1911 | 1911–1916 | Intermediate | 18,100 | Sunk by SM UB-47 1916 |
| Albania | 1900 | 1911–1912 | Intermediate | 7,650 | Built for Thompson Line, purchased by Cunard 1911, sold to Bank Line 1912, scrapped 1930 |
| Ausonia | 1909 | 1911–1918 | Intermediate | 7,907 | Ex-Tortona built for Thompson Line, purchased by Cunard 1911, sunk by SM U-62 30 May 1918. |
| Ascania | 1911 | 1911–1918 | Intermediate | 9,100 | Wrecked 1918 |
| Caria | 1900 | 1911–1915 | Cargo ship | 3,023 | Sunk by U boat in 1915 |
| Laconia | 1912 | 1912–1917 | Intermediate | 18,100 | Sunk by SM U-50 1917 |
| Andania | 1913 | 1913–1918 | Intermediate | 13,400 | Sunk by SM U-46 1918 |
| Alaunia | 1913 | 1913–1916 | Intermediate | 13,400 | Sunk by mine 1916 |
| Aquitania | 1914 | 1914–1950 | Express | 45,647 | Served in both world wars, longest serving Cunard liner until Scythia in 1956, scrapped 1950 |
| Transylvania | 1914 | 1914–1917 | Intermediate | 14,348 | Sunk by U-63 in 1917 |
| Orduna | 1914 | 1914–1921 | Intermediate | 15,700 | Built for PSN Co, acquired by Cunard 1914, returned to PSN 1921, scrapped 1951 |
| Volodia | 1913 | 1915–1917 | Cargo ship | 5,689 | Sunk SM U-93 1917 |
| Vandalia | 1912 | 1915–1918 | Cargo ship | 7,334 | Sunk by U boat in 1918 |
| Vinovia | 1906 | 1915–1917 | Cargo ship | 7,046 | Sunk by U boat 1917 |
| Valeria | 1913 | 1915-1918 | Cargo ship | 5.865 | caught fire in 1918 no casualties but the ship was a total loss. |
| Aurania | 1916 | 1916–1918 | Intermediate | 13,400 | Sunk by SM UB-67 in 1918 |
| Valacia | 1916 | 1916–1931 | Cargo ship | 6,526 | Sold in 1931 Later sunk by U-103 in 1941. |
| Royal George | 1907 | 1916–1920 | Intermediate | 11,142 | Ex Heliopolis Served on the Liverpool to New York route. Scrapped 1922. |
| Justicia | 1917 | Never operated | Intermediate | 32,120 | Acquired from the Holland America Line but never operated for Cunard due to a crew shortage, and was handed over to the White Star Line. |
| Feltria | 1891 | 1916–1917 | Intermediate | 2,254 | Sunk by UC-48 in 1917. |
| Flavia | 1902 | 1916–1918 | Intermediate | 9,285 | Sunk by U-107 In 1918. |
| Folia | 1907 | 1916–1917 | Intermediate | 6,560 | Sunk by U-53 in 1917. |
| Dwinsk | 1897 | 1917-1918 | Intermediate | 8,139 | Acquired from the Holland America Line, Sunk by SM U-151 in 1918. |

### 1918–1934

| Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes |
| Virgilia | 1918 | 1919–1925 | Cargo ship | 5,697 | Sold in 1925. |
| Vindelia | 1918 | 1919-1919 | Cargo ship | 4,430 | Sold to Anchor Line 1919. |
| Verentia | 1918 | 1919-1919 | Cargo ship | 4,430 | Sold to Anchor Line 1919. |
| Vitellia | 1918 | 1919–1926 | Cargo ship | 5,185 | Sold 1926. |
| Vardulia | 1917 | 1919–1926 | Cargo ship | 5,691 | Sold in 1929 later sunk in 1935. |
| Verbania | 1918 | 1919–1926 | Cargo ship | 5,021 | Sold 1926. |
| Vennonia | 1918 | 1919–1923 | Cargo ship | 4,430 | Sold 1923. |
| Vasconia | 1918 | 1919–1927 | Cargo ship | 5,680 | Sold to Japan 1927. |
| Venusia | 1918 | 1919–1926 | Cargo ship | 5,223 | Sold 1923. |
| Vauban | 1912 | 1919–1922 | Intermediate | 10,660 | Chartered from Lamport & Holt Line for six voyages, scrapped 1932. |
| Vestris | 1912 | 1919–1922 | Intermediate | 10,494 | Chartered from Lamport & Holt Line for six voyages, Wrecked in 1928. |
| Vasari | 1908 | 1919–1921 | Intermediate | 8,401 | Chartered from Lamport & Holt Line for seven voyages |
| Vellavia | 1918 | 1919–1925 | Cargo ship | 5,272 | Sold in 1925. |
| Albania | 1920 | 1920–1930 | Intermediate | 12,750 | Sold to Libera Triestina 1930 and renamed California, sunk by Fleet Air Arm Swordfish |
| Satellite | 1896 | 1920–1924 | Tender | 333 | Scrapped in 1924. |
| Berengaria | 1913 | 1921–1938 | Express | 52,117 | Built by Hapag as Imperator, purchased by Cunard 1921, sold for scrap 1938 |
| Scythia | 1921 | 1921–1958 | Intermediate | 19,700 | Longest serving liner until QE2 in 2005, scrapped 1958 |
| Cameronia | 1921 | 1921–1924 | Intermediate | 16,365 | Chartered from the Anchor Line |
| Emperor Of India | 1914 | 1921-1921 | Intermediate | 11,430 | Chartered from P&O for one voyage. |
| Empress Of India | 1907 | 1921-1921 | Intermediate | 16,992 | Chartered from Canadian and Pacific line for two voyages. |
| Andania | 1921 | 1921–1940 | Intermediate | 13,900 | Sunk by UA 1940. |
| Samaria | 1922 | 1922–1955 | Intermediate | 19,700 | Scrapped 1955 |
| Vandyck | 1921 | 1922–1922 | Intermediate | 13,234 | Chartered from Lamport Holt line for 1 voyage |
| Laconia | 1922 | 1922–1942 | Intermediate | 19,700 | Sunk by U-156 1942 |
| Saturnia | 1910 | 1922–1924 | Cargo liner | 8,611 | Chartered from Donaldson Line |
| Antonia | 1922 | 1922–1942 | Intermediate | 13,900 | Sold to Admiralty 1942, scrapped 1948 |
| Ausonia | 1922 | 1922–1942 | Intermediate | 13,900 | Sold to Admiralty 1942, scrapped 1965 |
| Lancastria | 1922 | 1922–1940 | Intermediate | 16,250 | Built as Tyrrhenia, sunk by bombing 1940 |
| Athenia | 1923 | 1923–1935 | Intermediate | 13,465 | Transferred to Anchor Donaldson, sunk by U-30 1939 |
| Lotharingia | 1923 | 1923–1933 | Tender | 1,256 | Sold in 1933 |
| Alsatia | 1923 | 1923–1933 | Tender | 1,310 | Sold in 1933 |
| Franconia | 1923 | 1923–1956 | Intermediate | 20,200 | Scrapped 1956 |
| Aurania | 1924 | 1924–1942 | Intermediate | 14,000 | Sold to Admiralty 1942, scrapped 1961 |
| Cassandra | 1924 | 1924–1929 | Cargo liner | 8,135 | Chartered from Donaldson Line, sold 1929, scrapped 1934 |
| Carinthia | 1925 | 1925–1940 | Ocean liner | 20,200 | Sunk by U-46 1940 |
| Letitia | 1925 | 1925–1935 | Intermediate | 13,475 | Transferred to Anchor Donaldson 1935 |
| Ascania | 1925 | 1925–1956 | Intermediate | 14,000 | Scrapped 1956 |
| Alaunia | 1925 | 1925–1944 | Intermediate | 14,000 | Sold to Admiralty 1944, scrapped 1957. |
| Tuscania | 1921 | 1926–1931 | Intermediate | 16,991 | Chartered from the Anchor Line. |
| Bantria | 1928 | 1928-1954 | Cargo ship | 2,402 | Sold to Costa Line 1954 and renamed Giorgina Celli. |
| Bactria | 1928 | 1928–1954 | Cargo ship | 2,407 | Sold to Costa Rica 1954 and renamed Theo. |
| Bothnia | 1928 | 1928–1955 | Cargo ship | 2,402 | Sold to Panama 1955 and renamed Emily. |
| Bosnia | 1928 | 1928–1939 | Cargo ship | 2,402 | Sunk by U-47 in 1939. |

### 1934–1949

See also: White Star Line's Olympic, Homeric, Majestic, Doric, and Laurentic.
| Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes |
| Queen Mary | 1936 | 1936–1967 | Express | 80,774 (1936) 81,237 (1947) | WWII troopship 1940–1945; Blue Riband, sold 1967, now a stationary hotel ship |
| Mauretania | 1939 | 1939–1965 | Express | 35,738 | WWII troopship 1940–1945; scrapped by 1966 |
| Queen Elizabeth | 1940 | 1946–1968 | Express | 83,673 | WWII troopship 1940–1945, sold to The Queen Corporation in 1968, renamed Elizabeth; auctioned off to Tung Chao Yung in 1970, refitted as a floating university, renamed Seawise University, destroyed by fire in 1972; partially scrapped 1974–1975 |
| Valacia | 1943 | 1946–1950 | Cargo ship | 7,052 | Sold to Bristol city line 1950 |
| Vasconia | 1944 | 1946–1950 | Cargo ship | 7,058 | Sold to Blue star line 1950 |
| Media | 1947 | 1947–1961 | Passenger-cargo liner | 13,350 | Sold to Cogedar Line 1961, refitted as an ocean liner, renamed Flavia; sold to Virtue Shipping Company in 1969, renamed Flavian; sold to Panama, renamed Lavia in 1982, caught fire and sank in 1989 in Hong Kong Harbour during refitting and was scrapped afterwards in Taiwan |
| Asia | 1947 | 1947–1963 | Cargo ship | 8,723 | Sold to Taiwan 1963 and renamed Shirley |
| Brescia | 1945 | 1947–1966 | Cargo ship | 3,834 | Ex Hickory Isle Purchased from MOWT 1947 sold to Panama 1966 and renamed Timber One |
| Parthia | 1947 | 1947–1961 | Passenger-cargo liner | 13,350 | Sold to P&O 1961, renamed Remuera; transferred to P&O's Eastern and Australian Steamship Company in 1964, refitted as a cruise ship, renamed Aramac; scrapped in Taiwan by 1970 |
| Vardulia | 1944 | 1947-1968 | Cargo ship | 7,176 | Scrapped in 1968 |
| Britannic | 1930 | 1949–1960 | Intermediate | 26,943 (1930) 27,666 (1947) | Built for White Star Line, scrapped 1960 |
| Georgic | 1931 | 1949–1956 | Intermediate | 27,759 | Built for White Star Line, scrapped 1956 |
| Caronia | 1949 | 1949–1968 | Cruise ship | 34,183 | Sold to Star Shipping 1968, renamed Columbia; renamed Caribia in 1969; wrecked 1974 at Apra Harbor, Guam and broke up while being towed to Taiwan to be scrapped |

### 1949–1968

| Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT | Notes |
| Assyria | 1950 | 1950–1963 | Cargo ship | 8663 | Sold to Greece as Laertis |
| Alsatia | 1948 | 1951–1963 | Cargo ship | 7226 | 1951 ex Silverplane purchased from Silver Line, 1963 sold to Taiwan, renamed Union Freedom |
| Andria | 1948 | 1951–1963 | Cargo ship | 7228 | 1951 ex Silverbriar purchased from Silver Line, 1963 sold to Taiwan, renamed Union Faith. Sank on 6 April 1969 after a collision and fire. |
| Pavia | 1953 | 1953–1965 | Cargo ship | 3,411 | Sold to Greece as Toula N 1965 |
| Lycia | 1954 | 1954–1965 | Cargo ship | 3,543 | Served on Great Lakes trade in 1964. Sold to Greece a year later and renamed Flora N |
| Saxonia Carmania | 1954 | 1954–1962 1962–1973 | Canadian service Cruise ship | 21,637 21,370 | Refitted as cruise ship in 1962, renamed Carmania; sold to the Black Sea Shipping Company, Soviet Union 1973, renamed Leonid Sobinov, scrapped 1999 |
| Phrygia | 1955 | 1955–1965 | Cargo ship | 3,534 | Served on Cunard Great Lakes route in 1964. Sold to Panama a year later and renamed Dimitris N |
| Ivernia Franconia | 1955 | 1955–1963 1963–1973 | Canadian service Cruise ship | 21,800 | Refitted as cruise ship in 1963, renamed Franconia; sold to the Far Eastern Shipping Company, Soviet Union 1973, renamed Fedor Shalypin; transferred to the Black Sea Shipping Company in 1980; transferred to the Odessa Cruise Company in 1992; scrapped 2004 |
| Carinthia | 1956 | 1956–1968 | Canadian service | 21,800 | Sold to Sitmar Line 1968, refitted as a full-time cruise ship, renamed Fairsea; transferred to Princess Cruises, renamed Fair Princess in 1988 when Sitmar was sold to P&O; transferred to P&O Cruises Australia in 1996; sold to China Sea Cruises in 2000, renamed China Sea Discovery; scrapped 2005 or 2006 |
| Sylvania | 1957 | 1957–1968 | Canadian service | 21,800 | Sold to Sitmar Line 1968, renamed Fairwind, renamed Sitmar Fairland in 1988; transferred to Princess Cruises, renamed Dawn Princess; sold to V-Ships in 1993, renamed Albatros; sold to the Alang, India scrapyard, renamed Genoa and scrapped 2004 |
| Andania | 1959 | 1959–1969 | Cargo liner | 7,004 | Sold to Brocklebank Line in 1969 |
| Alaunia | 1960 | 1960–1969 | Cargo liner | 7,004 | Sold to Brocklebank Line in 1969 |
| Arabia | 1955 | 1967–1969 | Cargo liner | 3,803 | Ex-Castilian chartered from Ellerman Lines |
| Nordia | 1961 | 1961–1963 | Cargo ship | 4,560 | sold 1963 |
| Media | 1963 | 1963–1971 | Cargo ship | 5,586 | Sold 1971 to Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission renamed Beroona |
| Parthia | 1963 | 1963–1971 | Cargo ship | 5,586 | Sold 1971 to Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission renamed Wambiri |
| Saxonia | 1963 | 1963–1970 | Cargo ship | 5,586 | Sold to Brocklabank Line renamed Maharonda |
| Sarmania | 1964 | 1964–1969 | Cargo ship | 5,837 | Sold 1969 to T & J. Harrison, Liverpool renamed Scholar |
| Scythia | 1964 | 1964–1969 | Cargo ship | 5,837 | Sold 1969 to T & J. Harrison, Liverpool renamed Merchant |
| Ivernia | 1964 | 1964–1970 | Cargo ship | 5,586 | Sold 1970 to Brocklebank Line renamed Manipur |
| Scotia | 1966 | 1966–1970 | Cargo ship | 5,837 | Sold 1970 to Singapore renamed Neptune Amber |

### 1968–1999

| Ship | Built | In service for Cunard | Type | GRT/GT | Notes |
| Queen Elizabeth 2 | 1969 | 1969–2008 | Ocean Liner | 70,327 | Sold 2008, Last ocean liner built for Cunard until the QM2, longest serving Cunarder in history; operating as a floating hotel in Dubai since April 2018 |
| Atlantic Causeway | 1969 | 1970–1986 | Container ship | 14,950 | Scrapped in 1986 |
| Atlantic Conveyor | 1970 | 1970–1982 | Container ship | 14,946 | Sunk in Falklands War 1982 |
| Cunard Adventurer | 1971 | 1971–1977 | Cruise ship | 14,150 | Sold to Norwegian Cruise Line 1977, renamed Sunward II, renamed Triton in 1991; auctioned in 2004 to Louis Cruises and renamed Coral; sold to a Turkish scrapping company and then to the Alang, India shipbreaking yard and scrapped in 2014 |
| Cunard Campaigner | 1971 | 1971–1974 | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold to the Great Eastern Shipping Co in 1974 and renamed Jag Shakti. Scrapped at Alang, India in 1997 |
| Cunard Caravel | 1971 | 1971–1974 | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold to the Great Eastern Shipping Co in 1974 and renamed Jag Shanti. Scrapped at Alang, India in 1997 |
| Cunard Carronade | 1971 | 1971–1978 | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold to Olympic Maritime in 1978. and renamed Olympic History. |
| Cunard Calamanda | 1972 | 1972–1978 | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold in 1978 and renamed Ionian Carrier. |
| Cunard Ambassador | 1972 | 1972–1974 | Cruise ship | 14,150 | Sold after fire 1974 to C. Clausen, refitted as sheep carrier Linda Clausen; sold to Lembu Shipping Corporation and renamed Procyon, caught fire a second time in 1981 in Singapore but was repaired; sold to Qatar Transport and Marine Services; sold to Taiwanese ship breakers and scrapped in 1984 following a 1983 fire |
| Cunard Carrier | 1973 | 1973– | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold to Silverdale Ltd and renamed Aeneas. |
| Cunard Cavalier | 1973 | 1973–1978 | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold to Olympic Maritime in 1978 and renamed Olympic Harmony. Wrecked at Port Muhammad in 1990 and scrapped at Alang in 1992. |
| Cunard Chietain | 1973 | 1973– | Bulk carrier | 15,498 | Sold to Superblue and renamed Chieftain. Resold to Great City Navigation in 1981 and renamed Great City. |
| Cunard Countess | 1975 | 1976–1996 | Cruise ship | 17,500 | Sold to Awani Cruise Line 1996, renamed Awani Dream II; transferred to Royal Olympic Cruises 1998, renamed Olympic Countess; sold to Majestic International Cruises 2004, renamed Ocean Countess, chartered to Louis Cruise Lines as Ruby during 2007; retired in 2012; caught fire in 2013 at Chalkis, Greece while laid up; sold to a Turkish scrapyard and scrapped in 2014 |
| Cunard Princess | 1975 | 1977–1995 | Cruise ship | 17,500 | Charted to StarLauro Cruises in 1995; sold to MSC Cruises in 1995, renamed Rhapsody; sold to Mano Maritime in 2009 and renamed Golden Iris. Scrapped July 2022 at Aliaga, Turkey. |
| Sarmania | 1973 | 1976–1986 | Reefer | 8,557 | Ex-Chrysantema, 1976 purchased from Paravon Shipping, Glasgow, 1986 sold to Greece renamed Capricorn. Scrapped at Alang, India in 1997 |
| Alastia | 1973 | 1976–1981 | Reefer | 7,722 | 1972 Ex- Edinburgh Clipper, 1976 purchased from Maritime Fruit Carriers Corp., renamed Alsatia, 1981 sold to Restis Group renamed America Freezer |
| Andania | 1972 | 1976–1981 | Reefer | 7,689 | Ex-Glasgow Clipper, 1976 purchased from Souvertur Shipping, Glasgow renamed Andania, 1981 sold to Restis Group renamed Europa Freezer. Scrapped at Alang, India in 1995 |
| Saxonia | 1973 | 1976–1986 | Reefer | 8,547 | Ex-Gladiola, 1976 purchased from Adelaide Shipping, Glasgow, 1986 sold to Tondo Shipping Corp renamed Carina |
| Andria | 1972 | 1976–1981 | Reefer | 7,722 | Ex- Teesside Clipper, 1976 purchased from Maritime Island Fruit Reefers Ltd, renamed Andria, 1981 sold to Restis Group renamed Australia Freezer |
| Carmania | 1972 | 1976–1986 | Reefer | 7,323 | Ex- Orange, 1976 purchased from Chichester Shipping, Glasgow renamed Carmania, 1986 sold to Greece renamed Perseus |
| Scythia | 1972 | 1976–1986 | Reefer | 8,557 | Ex- Iris Queen, 1976 purchased from Adelaide Shipping, Glasgow, 1986 sold to Greece renamed Centaurus. Destroyed by fire in 1989 |
| England | 1964 | 1982–1986 | Ferry | 8,116 | 1982 purchased from DFDS, 1986 left for Jeddah as accommodation ship renamed America XIII. Sank in the Red Sea en route to Alang, India for scrapping in 1999 |
| Sagafjord | 1965 | 1983–1997 | Ocean Liner | 24,500 | Built for Norwegian America Line; chartered to Transocean Tours as Gripsholm during 1996–1997; sold to Saga Cruises 1997 and renamed Saga Rose; retired in 2009, sold to a Chinese ship recycling yard and scrapped 2011–2012 |
| Vistafjord Caronia | 1973 | 1983–1999 1999–2004 | Cruise ship | 24,300 | built for Norwegian America Line; operated under Norwegian America Line from 1973 to 1983, and under Cunard from 1983 to 2004, renamed Caronia in 1999; sold to Saga Cruises 2004 and renamed Saga Ruby; retired in 2014, sold to Millennium View Ltd. in 2014, renamed Oasia and planned to be refitted as a floating hotel ship in Myanmar, but this never happened; towed to the Alang shipbreaking yard and scrapped in 2017 |
| Atlantic Star | 1967 | 1983–1987 | Container ship | 15,055 | Transferred from Holland America Line |
| Atlantic Conveyor | 1985 | 1985–1996 | Container ship | 58,438 | Transferred to Atlantic Container Line then sold for scrap 2017 to Alang, India |
| Sea Goddess I | 1984 | 1986–1998 | Cruise ship | 4,333 | Built for Sea Goddess Cruises; transferred to Cunard in 1986; transferred to Seabourn Cruise Line 1998 and renamed Seabourn Goddess I; sold to SeaDream Yacht Club in 2001 and renamed SeaDream I |
| Sea Goddess II | 1985 | 1986–1998 | Cruise ship | 4,333 | Built for Sea Goddess Cruises, transferred to Cunard in 1986; transferred to Seabourn Cruise Line 1998 and renamed Seabourn Goddess II; sold to SeaDream Yacht Club in 2001 and renamed SeaDream II |
| Cunard Crown Monarch | 1990 | 1993–1994 | Cruise ship | 15,271 | Built for Crown Cruise Line, transferred to Crown Cruise Line 1994 |
| Cunard Crown Jewel | 1992 | 1993–1995 | Cruise ship | 19,089 | Built for Crown Cruise Line, transferred to Star Cruises 1995 |
| Cunard Crown Dynasty | 1993 | 1993–1997 | Cruise ship | 19,089 | Built for Crown Cruise Line, transferred to Majesty Cruise Line 1997 |
| Royal Viking Sun | 1988 | 1994–1999 | Cruise ship | 37,850 | Built for Royal Viking Line, transferred to Seabourn Cruise Line 1999 |

### 1999–Present

| Ship | Built | In service | Type | Gross tonnage | Flag | Notes |
| Queen Mary 2 | 2003 | 2004–present | Ocean liner | 149,215 GT | Bermuda | In service |
| Queen Victoria | 2007 | 2007–present | Cruise ship | 90,049 GT | Bermuda | In service |
| Queen Elizabeth | 2010 | 2010–present | Cruise ship | 90,901 GT | Bermuda | In service |
| Queen Anne | 2024 | 2024-present | Cruise ship | 113,300 GT | Bermuda | In service |