Transatlantic Heyday
…merican 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 ra…