Fishguard Harbour, near Goodwick, entered transatlantic trade with the Cunard Line in 1909. Almost three years later in 1912, another ship from the White Star Line, in its maiden voyage, left from Southampton, UK, for New York City. That ship? The RMS Titanic. The First World War ended the Cunard Line route when the Lusitania, a passenger and goods vessel, was torpedoed by a German U-boat, and sunk off the coast of Ireland in 1915. This event hastened the United States' entry into the war. The Cunard Line's other ship was transferred to the port in Southampton, and today Fishguard Harbour primarily services the large ferry boats with Ireland.
