Talk:Cunard-White Star Line

What did the Cunard shareholders buy, and from whom?

The following text may need some clarification and/or a rewire, as it doesn't seem to make sense (to me at least):

In 1947, Cunard shareholders acquired the 38% of Cunard-White Star they didn't already own and in 1949 bought out the entire company, operating individually as the Cunard Line.

I mean, if you own some shares in a company, and acquire the rest, then surely you own the whole company, so how can you buy it out later? 81.191.184.223 (talk) 20:37, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

It's confusing because it's not right - CWS was never a 'merger' between Cunard & White Star, it was a separate operating company set up, owned 62% by Cunard, and 38% by White Star. Cunard bought White Star's 38% stake in the holding company, dissolved it and returned to being in direct control of the fleet. White Star was simply wound up after this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.155.250.3 (talk) 22:10, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

It seems that after these comments were added, the introductory text has been rewritten so as to make everything a clearer, but the text quoted above and also

Cunard shareholders owned 62% of the new company, Cunard White Star, while White Star shareholders owned the remaining 38%.

could still use a rewrite. I suggest removing the word "shareholders" since it may suggest that the shareholders were individually given shares in the new company, which was probably not the case - instead, they owned it indirectly through Cunard or White Star. Even after this, it's not entirely clear what exactly was done in 1949. Perhaps Cunard took over White Star, as opposed to Cunard White Star, or perhaps it was at that point Cunard merged Cunard White Star into the parent company?

I am also struggling to make sense of the following text, in light of the above explanation

Being in a better financial and operating state than their White Star counterparts, Cunard Line shareholders began absorbing all White Star assets and as a result, most of the White Star Liners were quickly disposed of or sent to the breakers' yard

193.69.193.14 (talk) 09:49, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Cunard White Star Line

I have changed references to the company name from Cunard-White Star Line to Cunard White Star Line because it seems the latter is the prevelant name used by the company. I will also rename the article to Cunard White Star Line as long as no one objects. GrammarHead (talk) 00:30, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

You mention 25 ships but list 30. Also I have a postcard of RMS Andania which has the logo Cunard White Star at the top but is not in your list Labocetta (talk) 16:23, 23 December 2021 (UTC)