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RMS ''Caronia'' was a passenger ship of the Cunard Line (then Cunard White Star Line). Launched on 30 October 1947, she served with Cunard until 1967. She was nicknamed the "Green Goddess" . She is credited as one of the first "dual-purpose" built ships: suited to cruising, but also capable of transatlantic crossings. After leaving Cunard she briefly served as SS ''Caribia'' in 1969, after which she was laid up in New York until 1974 when she was sold for scrap. While being towed to Taiwan for scrapping, she was caught in a storm on 12 August. After her tow lines were cut, she repeatedly crashed on the rocky breakwater outside Apra Harbor, Guam subsequently breaking into three. ==History== After World War II, the Cunard White Star Line operated three ships on the Southampton—New York run. The famous RMS ''Queen Mary'' and RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' operated an express service, with the smaller and slower RMS ''Mauretania'' sailing as the third ship on the route. The company placed an order for a running mate to the ''Mauretania'', a ship of similar speed and proportions for the transatlantic run. Ultimately this was not to be the role of the new ship. Cunard White Star's executives decided that the new ship would be built primarily for cruising. With cruising in mind, the new ship - soon to be named ''Caronia'' by Princess Elizabeth - received many different features from her Cunard White Star fleetmates. An outdoor swimming pool was a new thing, as was having bathroom / shower facilities in every cabin. However, unlike modern cruise ships her accommodation was divided into two classes on transatlantic voyages; First and Cabin. On cruises all accommodation was sold as one class although many staterooms, both on A deck and R deck were usually allocated to Cabin Class. Even some cabins on B deck were sold on cruises. Both restaurants served the same menu in just one sitting and you were allocated to a restaurant dependent upon the location of your stateroom. On short cruises to the Caribbean and South America, every cabin was offered for occupation and often, like on transatlantic crossings, there would be two sittings for Luncheon and Dinner. To distinguish her from Cunard White Star's liners, the company decided to give her a different colour scheme. Instead of going for the then typical black hull with a white superstructure, ''Caronia'' received a unique livery of four different shades of "Cruising Green", making her a highly attractive and instantly recognizable vessel. Another striking feature of the ship was her large single funnel, one of the largest ever installed aboard a ship. Like those of the later SS ''United States'', this funnel easily caught the wind, making the ship somewhat difficult to handle. Caronia was the largest passenger ship to be built in Scotland after World War 2 until Queen Elizabeth 2 twenty years later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RMS Caronia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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