No mention that the British Cunard liners, like the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, were subsidised by the government.<p>The government loved having big fast ships it could requisition as troup carriers. The two queens were too fast to be intercepted by uboats. Mary moved 800k troups in WW2<p>As late as 1982 the Canberra was requisitioned and sent to the Falkland Islands conflict.