See images of Rostron’s final command, which began her career as the German liner Imperator. The ship was seized by the Allies under the Treaty of Versailles and eventually assigned to Cunard as partial compensation for its wartime losses. Renamed Berengaria, she spent the 1920s as the largest liner in Cunard’s fleet, sailing between Southampton and New York. Rostron commanded Berengaria from his knighthood in July 1926 until his retirement from the sea in November 1930.
