Episode 2 of 4

First Electric Lighting on Cunard

When: 1881
Where: Clydebank
Part of: Cunard's SS Servia, the first steel transatlantic liner, is launched

Upon completion in 1881, Servia became the first Cunard ship to introduce electric lighting, using incandescent lamps.

Servia was the first Cunard ship to have an electric lighting installation. Upon her completion in 1881, she introduced electric lighting using incandescent lamps, a feature that had been tested on other ships but was new to the Cunard fleet.

Sources

SS Servia Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25

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