May 30, 1914
Maiden voyage: Liverpool - New York.
August 7, 1914
Requisitioned by the Government to serve as an armed merchant cruiser.
August 22, 1914
Collided with the Leyland ship Canadian in thick fog forcing the vessel to return to Liverpool.
June 18, 1915
Requisitioned once again, this time as a troopship.
December 1915
Converted into a hospital ship.
November 1919 - June 1920
Underwent extensive refitting at Armstrong Whitworth & Co on the Tyne. The vessel was converted to burn oil at this time.
July 17, 1920
Resumed passenger service, sailing from Liverpool to New York.
1932
Utilized for the first time doing cruises around the Mediterranean and Carribbean
November 21, 1939
Aquitania was requisitioned as a troop transport during World War II, carrying both American and Canadian troops across the Atlantic.
1945
Following the end of hostilities in Europe Aquitania was used to repatriate Canadian and American troops. Later it was also used to to carry the wives and children of Canadian servicemen over to Canada.
December 1949
Cunard announces that Aquitania would be withdrawn from service. (She had made 443 transatlantic roundtrips, steaming over 3 million miles and carrying almost 1.2 million passengers over a 35 year career).
January 9, 1950
Auctioning of the vessels furnishings and interiors was handled by Hampton & Sons Ltd. Later the same month the vessel was sold to the British Iron & Steel Corporation Ltd for £125,000. The ship then sailed from Southampton to Faslane, in Scotland where it was broken up.