IMPERATOR /   BERENGARIA

ORIGINALLY THE HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE IMPERATOR, SHE WAS TURNED OVER TO THE U.S AFTER WORLD WAR ONE AS WAR REPARATION.SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE BRITISH SHIPPING CONTROLLER IN 1920 AND PLACED ON CHARTER TO THE CUNARD LINE. CUNARD AND THE WHITE STAR LINE JOINTLY PURCHASED IMPERATOR AND HER SISTER SHIP BISMARCK ( STILL UNFINISHED, LATER TO BECOME WHITE STARS 'MAJESTIC' ) IN 1921 SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'BERENGARIA' BY THE CUNARD LINE. SHE WAS SOLD TO THE BREAKERS YARD IN 1938.