| RMS Aquitania |
| Design and Construction |
| The Ship Beautiful |
| First War Service |
| Transatlantic Heyday |
| Irrepressible |
| Reprieve and Glory |
| Swan Song |
| Aquitania Specifications |
After the war, Aquitania took Canadian and American troops back home. She ran an “austerity service” between Southampton and New York in June 1919. From November 1919 through June 1920, Aquitania was refitted for post-war service at Armstrong Whitworth & Co. in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Her original fittings were reinstalled. During this refit, she was converted from coal firing to oil firing. A worker was killed in an explosion that happened during this conversion. After her refit, she ran trials north of Scotland, and returned to service for Cunard on the Southampton – Cherbourg – New York route with Mauretania and Berengaria, the ex-Imperator.
Throughout the 1920s, Aquitania became one of the most popular and most profitable passenger liners. The United States had recently imposed immigration restrictions, so the ocean liner business adapted to tourism and catering to royalty, aristocracy, celebrities, and politicians. Her interior accommodations were modernized in annual winter refits in 1926, 1927, and 1928. In 1930 she was decorated as a floating art gallery. The Great Depression, however, was about to change everything.
