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First Class Swimming Bath on the 'Aquitania' (1914)
Interior of the passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) showing the First Class Swimming Bath, on the starboard side of the Main Deck (E Deck), a view looking forward.
The ‘Aquitania’ was the first Cunard liner to have a swimming pool below decks. It was given an Egyptian theme based on a style recorded at the British Museum. The pool was lined with blue majolica tiles. Pentelikon white marble was used for the pool surround and other features. It graduated in depth from 1.4 m to 2.1 m. Beyond the far end of the pool is the First Class Gymnasium.
Transatlantic liners were expected to be equipped with all the luxuries of a hotel or a club, and swimming pools and gymnasiums soon became regular and indispensable fixtures.
The ‘Aquitania’ was the first Cunard liner to have a swimming pool below decks. It was given an Egyptian theme based on a style recorded at the British Museum. The pool was lined with blue majolica tiles. Pentelikon white marble was used for the pool surround and other features. It graduated in depth from 1.4 m to 2.1 m. Beyond the far end of the pool is the First Class Gymnasium.
Transatlantic liners were expected to be equipped with all the luxuries of a hotel or a club, and swimming pools and gymnasiums soon became regular and indispensable fixtures.
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Object Details
| ID: | G10889 |
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| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bedford Lemere & Co |
| Vessels: | Aquitania (1914) |
| Date made: | 1914 |
| People: | John Brown & Company |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 254 mm x 305 mm |