The Final Thrill (1935)

Item title reads - The final thrill. On completion of pleasure cruise "Aquitania" runs aground in Southampton Water.
Hampshire.
L/S of the "Aquitania" run aground with a tug next to it, the camera pans across it. M/S of the ship from the front surrounded by tugs. Various shots of the ship resolutely stuck. M/S as 11 tugs manage to pull it free after 26 hours.
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[@Kaidhicksii]

Fun fact: this very spot where Aquitania grounded is roughly the exact same spot where the Queen Elizabeth would accidentally run aground some years later. XD

[@i_cant_express_myself_in_words]

April 1947

[@PeuFernandes-sv2so]

Titanic 🚢 0:45

[@backonpro5679]

@@PeuFernandes-sv2sowtf does this have ANYTHING to do with titanic?!

[@danijelujcic8644]

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[@RollerCoasters62719]

And nobody thought she would still have 15 years left at this time

[@ExAnimoPortugal]

Amazing!

[@user-nc3sl8fw8w]

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[@mutantmanus1199]

i dont know why but cunard ships have always been cluttered with funnels, unlike white star ships which is designed to be clean

[@JuliaCV9]

cowl vents. cowl vents everywhere.

[@JuliaCV9]

@REV THW I know lol

[@ChickVicious237]

The Ship Beautiful. Gorgeous old girl, glad they got her free lol

[@nickjames9764]

Ship beautiful stuck

[@umsotheary9174]

RMS Aquitania 1935

[@jeffpotipco736]

This Queen of the Atlantic only moved because She wanted too.❤

[@i_cant_express_myself_in_words]

I had no idea this happened! Interesting

[@rmsteutonic3686]

Oops

[@eddiecarlton7581]

Rudolf Valentinos ship?

[@cmw184]

Funny, little did they know, shed last another 15 years.

[@CJODell12]

Thanks to her being requisitioned by the British Navy during World War II for service as a troopship.