>From my Notes, some of which were supplied to me by a gentleman who had worked for years for the Steamships. "On 1 April 1948 it was released by the British Ministry of Transport and returned to Cunard. It was then chartered by the Canadian Government to carry Canadian emigrants between Southampton and Halifax. This contract was renewed in 1949. By 1 December 1949 this role had been fulfilled and later that month Cunard announced that the Aquitania would be withdrawn from service. On 9 January 1950 Messrs. Hampton & Sons Ltd., were employed to auction the vessel's furnishings and equipment. Later that month the ship was sold to the British Iron & Steel Corporation Ltd., for £125,000. The ship then sailed from Southampton to Faslane in Scotland where it was broken up." Edna - Ottawa