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THE FIRST CUMARDER

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

1840
Samuel Cunard , a shipowner from Nova Scotia, comes to England and persuades the British Government to give him a contract to carry Royal mails on his steamers, the first to establish a regular transatlantic service
A dramatic programme by Philip Holland
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Samuel Cunard
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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