The Cunard Line's RMS Laconia (pictured here leaving Liverpool ... Here, a couple enjoy a game on a cruise to Gibraltar on Cunard's Aquitania in 1932. Today mammoth sun-bed-lined swimming pools ...

Here, two chefs on Cunard's Aquitania stand before a splendid festive spread – the showpiece is a giant cake in the shape of the ship. Another major milestone came in the 1920s: the very first ...