From 1912-1914, a record-breaking trio of ocean liners was introduced to the waves, all three of them the brainchild of a visionary by the name of Albert Ballin. HAPAG's Imperator, Vaterland, and Bismarck were each the largest ships in the world at the time they were launched, but these fine ships of state would not fly the German colors for long. In the aftermath of the First World War, all three ships were handed over to either America or Great Britain as war reparations. Imperator became Cuna