Part of National Museums Liverpool

Berengaria (ex-Imperator)

1964.154

Part of

Lusitania collection

About this object

Berengaria was built in Germany in 1913 for the Hamburg-Amerika Line and originally named Imperator. Intended to rival Britain’s Olympic, Titanic, Lusitania and Mauretania, she was the largest ship in the world.
Given to Britain as part of Germany’s reparations after the war, she was bought by Cunard to replace Lusitania. Still named Imperator, her first voyage for Cunard was from Liverpool to New York in February 1920. She later sailed from Southampton and this was her only voyage from Liverpool.
This builder’s-style model of the ship, scale 1:50, was donated to the museum by the Cunard Steamship Company.

Object specifics

  • Title
    Berengaria (ex-Imperator)
  • Accession no.
    1964.154
  • Type
    Builder's model - modified
  • Artist/Maker
    Unknown or unrecorded
  • Place made
    Unknown or unrecorded
  • Date made
    1913 about
  • Materials
    Metal
  • Location
    Merseyside Maritime Museum, First Floor, Lusitania: Life, Loss, Legacy
  • Measurements
    1600 x 615 x 5595 mm
  • Related people
    Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd (Shipowner) ; Hamburg-Amerika Line (Shipowner) ; Vulkan Werke (Shipbuilder)
  • Collection
    From the Merseyside Maritime Museum collections
Object view = Social History
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