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The Berengaria was originally launched as the SS Imperator by the German HAPAG Line in 1912.

At the outbreak of World War I, the Imperator was in harbor at New York. In 1917, the United States Government seized the ship following their entry into the war. The Imperator was given to the British Cunard Lines as war reparations, to replace the torpedoed RMS Lusitania.

In addition to some refitting, Cunard renamed the Imperator after the name of Queen Berengaria, the wife of Richard the Lion-Hearted. This was the first Cunard ship to not carry the name of a Roman province.

The Berengaria served as flagship of the Cunard fleet until she was replaced by her sister ship, the Bismarck, now the RMS Majestic in 1934. In later years, she was used for cheap prohibitionFor the judicial writ of prohibition, see Prohibition (writ). For prohibition of drugs in general, see Prohibition (drugs . Prohibition was the period between 1919- 1932 in Finland (called 'kieltolaki'), between 1900 and 1948 in locations in Canada and be-dodging cruises, which earned her the unfortunate nick-name "Bargain-area". Towards the end, she suffered the small firesFor other uses see fire (disambiguation). bonfire The word fire is used to refer to the combination of the brilliant glow and large amount of heat released during a rapid, self-sustaining exothermic oxidation process of combustible gases ejected from a fu that many older ships experience, and Cunard sent her to be broken up in 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai.

Specifications

51,680 gross tons
909ft (277.1m) overall length , 98.3ft (29.9m) beam.
Engines: steam turbines geared to 4 screws, 60,000 shaft horsepower, designed speed 22.5 knots.
4,234 passengers (908 first class, 592 second class, 962 third class, 1,772 steerage), 1,180 crew.

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