![]() Olympic served as a troopship, whilst Britannic and the two Cunarders served as hospital ships.Īquitania was also the only major liner and the largest commercial vessel to participate in both World Wars. During the Gallipoli Campaign, the Admiralty required both troopships to transport in new soldiers and hospital ships to remove the wounded. Incredibly, there was a single mission where Olympic, Britannic, Mauretania, and Aquitania were all in one place. ![]() Like Mauretania, Aquitania served as both a troopship and hospital ship during the war. As such, she's a different Pokemon than than Lusitania and Mauretania, though she shares some design cues. She's a completely different ship, almost 200 feet longer than Lusitania and Mauretania. There's a misconception about Lusitania, Mauretania, and Aquitania. Mauretania wore two types of dazzle during the war, but there isn't much documentation of the first as it only lasted a few months before it was replaced with the much more striking geometric dazzle. Mauretania served as both a troopship and a hospital ship as the Great War went on. ![]() ![]() There was a period of Lusitania's career where she had black funnels, but it was for a week, so I didn't bother doing a version of this with all-black funnels. Lusitania and Mauretania are quite the lovely colour combination if I do say so myself. ![]()
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