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At the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, the ''Imperator'' was laid up at Hamburg and remained inactive for more than four years. After the end of the war, she was used by the US Navy as a transport for returning troops, and then given to the British Cunard Lines as a war reparation, to replace the torpedoed RMS ''Lusitania'' . In addition to some refitting, Cunard renamed the ''Imperator'' after Queen Berengaria , the wife of Richard The Lionheart . This was the first Cunard ship to not carry the name of a Roman Province . The ''Berengaria'' served as flagship of the Cunard fleet until she was replaced by her sister ship, the RMS ''Majestic'' -- originally HAPAG's SS ''Bismarck'' -- in 1934. In later years, she was used for cheap Prohibition -dodging cruises, which earned her the unfortunate nickname "Bargain-area." Towards the end, she suffered the small Fire s endemic to German-built liners of that period, and Cunard sent her to be broken up in 1938. SPECIFICATIONS
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