Historedia
Person

Samuel Cunard

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1840

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Samuel Cunard, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. RMS Britannia departs Liverpool on the first steam transatlantic passenger mail service

    1840

    Role: Shipowner and founder of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

    1. 4 July 1840 · Liverpool, United KingdomDeparture from Liverpool

      RMS Britannia departed Liverpool on 4 July 1840, beginning the first steam transatlantic passenger mail service to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    2. 1840 (exact dates not stated in sources) · Halifax, Nova ScotiaHomeward Record

      Britannia's first homeward run from Halifax to Liverpool took just under 10 days, setting a new eastbound record.

Sources

  1. Cunard Line Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-03