The ship was also well equipped for sport with an arena that covered 5,000 square feet (460 m2) over two decks and included a swimming pool, gymnasium, racket courts and shower and bath rooms for massage treatments.

During 1933 she made a world cruise calling at 40 ports including Tristan da Cunha, (known as the remotest island on the planet) covering 40,000 miles (64,000 km).

In 1933 RMS Carinthia received an SOS from the Latvian steamer Andromeda which had struck an unknown submerged object.

The incident had happened eighty miles from Ushant in the English Channel but Carinthia had been too far away to make a rescue and the ship sank.

On 20 September 1938, the Carinthia was on a cruise from New York to the Caribbean, 150 miles north of Florida when she was warned of bad weather ahead, the infamous 1938 hurricane.

One of the two officers lost was Mr Robert Yeates, from Belfast, who had for many years been chief engineer for the Cunard White Star Line.