article_snippet: One of their ships came to the rescue when the Titanic was sinking, and Charles Dickens described one of their cabins as a 'profoundly preposterous box'.
article_snippet: Cunard's Arabia had a series of equine guests when transported all horses for the Crimean War in the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1853.
article_snippet: Cunard's Arabia was a ship of firsts and broke records when Cunard's Arabia sailed the first steel ship, Servia, which used electrical lighting and en suites in 1881, and successfully achieved the first wireless communication between ships out at sea in 1901.
article_snippet: Staff on board the Carpathia, famous for its role in the rescue of survivors from the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912 .
article_snippet: The next year the company famously made history when the company Carpathia ship rescued all survivors from the tragic sinking of White Star's Titanic.
article_snippet: the RMS Franconia on February 21, 1911 .
article_snippet: The two royal ships were praised by Winston Churchill for shortening the war in Europe by at least a year, when The two royal ships helped out with troop carrying in WW2.
article_snippet: The ship boasted the title of being the first big Atlantic liner with private facilities in every cabin.
article_snippet: The ship also had military duties, when The ship carried 6,000 troops and 650 crew volunteers to the Falklands War in 1982.
article_snippet: Not only did this have the largest planetarium at sea, this also had the largest champagne bar, and ballroom at sea.
highlights_snippet: Cunard's ships were the first with email, a library and a gymnasium on board, and even transported war horses .