Copyright Notice

The RMS Caronia II Timeline Web Site
Copyright © 2004-2026 Peter Stevens
E.&O.E. All Rights Reserved

The RMS Caronia II Timeline Web site (the Timeline) is provided for educational, research, or plain enjoyment purposes only. None of its content should be regarded as being in the “public domain”. It is protected by UK Copyright Law and the Berne Convention.

The desire is to record as close to an accurate history of this very famous vessel as possible. However, while every effort is made to ensure that page contents are correct at points of publication or update, some information may be incomplete or inaccurate. You are welcome at all times to notify the webmaster of any known errors or omissions by eMail.

The Timeline is provided at the webmaster's own personal expense, with no association to any outside interests, direct or indirect, commercial or otherwise. There may from time to time be appeals for funding toward specific goals seeking donations to assist in the purchase of substantive historical Caronia material.

The Timeline has no connection whatsoever with the Cunard Line brand (its predecessors or antecedents). It is the result of countless hours of collecting and presenting various artefacts associated with the history of the erstwhile RMS Caronia (II).

Copyright of all email contributions published here remains with their attributed sender. Copyright of any 3rd party graphic depicted here remains with their respective owners and may not be used elsewhere unless their depiction rules are fully and properly met.

Some Simplified Explanations of Copyright

In the UK copyright protection for written works lasts for 70 years after the death of the creator or 50 years after its first publication date, unless it is placed into the Public Domain in the meantime. Copyright on photographs generally lasts for the artist or creator’s lifetime plus 70 years after their death. There are some exceptions.

Public Domain in this instance means that any protected rights of the original materials have been relinquished by the originators. In 1976, the Cunard Steamship Company placed its archive into the Public Domain by transferring its care to Liverpool University. Access to this archive is by advance appointment only.

Crown copyright exists for 125 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is created. If the work is commercially published within 75 years of it being created, it is protected for 50 years from the end of the year in which it was published.

Terms of Use

The Caronia II Timeline Web site should be regarded just like a public reference library resource. You are permitted, indeed encouraged, to delve as deeply as you wish whilst you visit on-line. However, just like any reference work, you are not permitted to take it away for off-line viewing.

In other words, without my express written permission, you are not permitted to digitally archive, copy or mirror the Timeline Web site, either in part or in its entirety. Other than viewing the Timeline directly through an on-line translator, my written permission must also be obtained before any text here is translated into any language other than English.

This Webmaster treats Copyright violation very seriously. I'm happy to freely share the information that I hold only on the terms clearly set out on this page. Be aware, any Copyright violation found will be pursued with vigour!

Permissions

Reproducing any information contained on the Timeline for any profit related purpose is expressly prohibited. Permission may be granted, on request, to reproduce information here for personal use only, or in promoting fully related maritime history activities, provided that these are neither for any personal gain, nor for any commercial profit.

Although a number of pictures on the Timeline have come from published sources, mostly in the Public Domain, you are not permitted to download, or link to, any images on the Timeline for use elsewhere without seeking written permission first. Permission may only be granted according to the terms set out in the previous paragraph.

Privacy Policy

The Timeline is based in the UK and aimed at a global audience of any reading age. Every possible precaution has been taken to ensure the security of this Web site and all of its visitors. Personal information secured from any feedback form on this Web site is not used for any purpose other than as stated in this Privacy Policy.

I uphold the right of anyone to not have their email address or other private information published here. I may, at my discretion, relay visitor emails up to this site (with email address excluded), unless you specifically tell me not to. I will normally advise you of my intention to publish an email as a matter of courtesy.

Otherwise, other than for directly contacting you personally, your email address and other private information you may provide, such as telephone numbers, are kept confidential and are not used by me for any other purpose.

I don't use cloud storage for my backups. All emails and supplied personal data I store on my own local backup media.

Reuniting Former Shipmates

The Caronia Timeline has been instrumental in reuniting several former friends and colleagues, however, no contact information is ever divulged by me to a third party unless I'm personally given verbal or written authorisation to do so. If anyone expresses a wish not to be contacted, that decision will always be respected.

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Cookies

The Timeline does not interrupt a visitor's pleasure with any warnings or requests to use “cookies”. The reason being that these are not used unless and until a visitor elects to change how the Timeline is displayed. A suitable warning is given ahead of any display settings being chosen.

For more detailed information, including how Cookies are used on the Timeline, please refer to my P3P Privacy Policy

C.O.P.P.A. Compliance

Although not compelled by the COPPA law, this webmaster strives at all times to protect the safety of children and young persons. Therefore, in adopting the COPPA principles, there is a set minimum user age level (without parent/guardian consent and/or teacher supervision) of 14 years for any feedback forms on this Web site.

Anyone under the age of 14 years must have absolute permission from a parent, legal guardian, or qualified teacher if accessing the site from a school classroom, before placing their name, email address or any other private or personal information on any interactive forms here.

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Language / Descriptive Text

The Timeline sets out unambiguously to record a ship's history as seen through the minds and attitudes of people of that time. In other words, describing situations as experienced first-hand by perfectly respectable people, often with a difficult job to do.

This webmaster acknowledges that language moves with the times. However, it's not his function, or that of any Timeline visitor, to cast judgement upon how anything is described, then or now. Anyone setting out to undermine accurate recording of history through use of contemporary language, should avoid pursuing their adventure here when any text they encounter may offend.

Whether any content has, or not, been prefaced by indicators of possible “difficult” interpretations is entirely subjective. Continuing that path can only indicate a willingness to proceed and is done entirely at a visitor's own risk!

Reference

If you have any questions regarding Copyright, Terms of Use, my Privacy Policy or COPPA Compliance, please contact Peter directly.

Accessibility & Standards

Please see my Accessibility & Standards, Policy & Guide.

Acknowledgements

My sincere thanks are due to all the providers of information snippets and for all the free listings and the exchange links with this site. Please see the dedicated Acknowledgements Index.

External Links

External links from the Timeline have been carefully chosen and are checked quite regularly. However, because of the disruptive antics of some unscrupulous Web users, there is no method available to monitor their content on a continuous basis.

Therefore, all external links provided from the Timeline can only be made available at users’ own risk! This also applies to any Cookies used by these 3rd party sites. Advice of any changes to remote sites, particularly if the content is no longer relevant, is always welcomed.

E&OE Peter Stevens, Webmaster - 09 November 2025