Finally, Queen Elizabeth was sold to Hong Kong businessman Tung Chao Yung, who intended to convert her into a floating university cruise ship called Seawise University. The Mercantile Marine Act of 1850 required ships masters to also keep a log book to record events on board a ship, which included seamens conduct. The QUEEN ELIZABETH approaching her wartime anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. By 1960 the jets had 70% of the transatlantic business. Queen Elizabeth leaving New York during her last voyage, 1968. Cabins designed for two passengers were equipped with. The new fire regulations (that Cunard had not been able to afford) were incorporated, bringing the ship into line with the stringent standards required by the United States. The QUEEN MARY still holds the Blue Riband with her 1938 eastbound crossing at 31.69 knots, and that is quite good enough. The general assumption that the replacements for the 'Queens' would be built at Clydebank touched a nerve with Dr Dennis Rebbeck, deputy managing director of Harland & Wolff, Belfast. [9], The new ship improved upon the design of Queen Mary[10] with sufficient changes, including a reduction in the number of boilers to twelve instead of Queen Mary's twenty-four, that the designers could discard one funnel and increase deck, cargo and passenger space. The QUEEN ELIZABETH off the Battery area of Manhattan as she. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. Flt.Lt. and acceptance trials over the Arran Mile, in the Firth of Clyde. On 27th March 1955 the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed down the Channel as far as the Lizard to test the new stabilisers. Many do not survive at all whilst significant proportions of those that do survive are held at other archives, most notably: The National Archives holds the following proportions of surviving crew lists and agreements after 1861: Local archives took some of the records for the period 1863-1913 (see section 12). The forward Observation Bar on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Although the 'Queens' could easily manage 27 or 28 knots, they were reduced to the convoy's common speed of around 20 knots. The Americans wanted the work to be completed and then for the 'Elizabeth' to sail over to New York for inspection prior to approval and certification. Shuttle work in earnest. This also suffered from low bookings and became known as the. On board was the ship's namesake, Queen Elizabeth, and her two daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Use this guide for advice on how to find British merchant shipping records known as crew lists and agreements, originally known as muster books, and log books. The following day, 8th October, four hundred guests of the Cunard Company boarded the QUEEN ELIZABETH for the return passage to Southampton. Any problems that were encountered were resolved by the foremen concerned by sending in extra men to assist temporarily with the work that had fallen behind and bring the construction work back to its timetable. It was not until 1926 that Cunard began thinking about the replacements for the express steamers. Sums amounting to $100 million were freely bandied about in the coumns of newspapers as the cost of carrying G.I.s to and from the theatres of war. You can, however, search for crew lists and agreements using the names of the seamen from 1881, 1891 and 1915 by ships number for all other years (see section 8.4 for more information). [9] For this new tropical purpose, the ship received a major refit in 1965, with a new Lido deck added to her aft section, enhanced air conditioning, and an outdoor swimming pool. Her brother, the Hon. The submarine dived and the captain identified the ship as the QUEEN ELIZABETH. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was known as Hull 552. Shuttle voyage from Southampton, Commodore James Bisset had the, On 6th March 1946, when the QUEEN ELIZABETH arrived back in Southampton, the Ministry of War Transport announced that the ship would be the first ocean-going passenger steamer to be released from His Majesty's Government service. Gourock farewell'. [27] The fact that C.Y. The GG Archives is the work and passion of two people, Paul Gjenvick, a professional archivist, and Evelyne Gjenvick, a curator. Seaman Lornie Peter Barnard. Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1947, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1965, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1972, RMS Queen Elizabeth from Victory to Valhalla. The purpose of the visit was to enable Queen Elizabeth to present the ship with her personal standard, to be framed and hung in the first-class restaurant. It took about an hour to manoeuvre the ship's head downstream towards the sea and gradually a crowd of several hundred gathered to watch the QUEEN ELIZABETH slip quietly, almost furtively, by. Of all the arguments used in the United States to support the demand for subsidies for American merchant shipping, none has been advanced with greater potency than that America had to rely on foreign ships in the Second World War, and could not afford to do so again. The QUEEN ELIZABETH leaving the fitting-out berth at John Brown's. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had a heavily raked bow. Queen Elizabeth and King George VI are received on board, the QUEEN ELIZABETH by Captain Ford on 28th July 1948, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Captain Ford with senior, officers on the starboard bridge wing of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. It is comparatively short - a long weekend by the express steamers or six and a half hours by air. Artificial flowers were tried with the result that the company was inundated with complaints and Cunard rapidly re-introduced fresh flowers at a cost (in the late 1950s) of 850 per voyage. This was not a record breaking passage, and not surpassing the time of her running mate, the Queen Mary, but on this occasion no special effort was made to accomplish that feat. The Company's liners carried 207,563 passengers or 23.95% of the combined total of passengers carried by all transatlantic shipping lines in 1960. The Company injected $1 million into a new company called 'The Elizabeth (Cunard) Corporation' and held an 85% share. When Cunard requested that the Americans send over an inspector to approve the improvement work as it progressed, the authorities declined. After her launch the QUEEN ELIZABETH was towed round to the fitting-out berth where she would remain for the next sixteen months. Not until the, Steam was raised on all boilers on 1st March. He arrived at seven in the morning on Saturday 2nd March 1940 with sealed orders which were only to be opened when the QUEEN ELIZABETH was out at sea. Shuttle'. The first-class main lounge on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. sails up the Hudson (the North River) to her berth at Pier 90. The new ship weighed her bower anchor half an hour later and with a mean draught of 37 feet 9 inches slipped through the anti-submarine boom that stretched across the Clyde between the Gantock Rocks and the Cloch Lighthouse at 8.15am. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence Works of art were also renovated by the original artists. Over a two-hour period engine revolutions were increased from 100 (17 knots) to 154 (26 knots). The Directors decided that work must stop on No.534 - the QUEEN MARY - at noon on Friday 11th December 1931. The steamer observed by Kessler had been travelling at speed. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH). On 28th July 1948 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by their younger daughter Princess Margaret Rose, were received on board the QUEEN ELIZABETH, the flagship of Britain's merchant fleet. CPO. The passage time to Nassau would be 39 hours each way, giving passengers almost two full days there. She also has the distinction of being the largest-ever riveted ship by gross tonnage. Alternatively, browseBT 98/564-4758to view all the ports covered for this period and the alphabetical ranges of ships for each port. The summer overhauls for the 'Queens' were abandoned in 1962 which meant that the two liners would both be available at the height of the tourist season, instead of being 'off duty' for a week to ten days. The QUEEN ELIZABETH alongside the Gare Maritime at Cherbourg, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were regular. WebThe Cunard - White Star Liner QUEEN ELIZABETH 1938 - 1972 LIVERPOOL SHIPS ACCRA OF 1947 ELDER DEMPSTER LINES AUREOL ELDER DEMPSTER LINES BRITANNIC and GEORGIC CUNARD WHITE STAR CARINTHIA CUNARD LINE EMPRESS OF BRITAIN CANADIAN PACIFIC EMPRESS OF CANADA LOSS BY FIRE They would follow the natural progression of developments then taking place in marine engineering and in naval architecture. -__________________________________________________________, Cunard Line QUEEN ELIZABETH of 1938, Part 1, Cunard Line QUEEN ELIZABETH of 1938, Part 2, Arrivals & DeparturesQueen Elizabeth Southampton 1950, (from an original painting by Robert Lloyd). Names and Register Tickets of Crew (Foreign Trade) (Schedule G)A list of the crew, with their Register Ticket numbers, to be filed for a foreign-going ship on sailing. (from an original painting by Robert Lloyd). Gregg William. CPO. (The QUEEN MARY had been ship number 534). (The QUEEN MARY had been ship number 534). ", The QUEEN ELIZABETH docking on the north side of Cunard's Pier 90, in the North River, Manhattan. On 6th February 1940 he ordered that the liner should leave the Clyde at the earliest possible date and 'remain away from the British Isles for as long as this order remains in force'. Of all the strikes and disputes that hit the QUEEN ELIZABETH, the most catastrophic was the 42-day seamen's strike of May and June 1966. CPO. The business was unsuccessful, and closed in August 1970. Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were used as troop transports during the Second World War. May 11 - 16 First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew). each day in the QUEEN ELIZABETH's first-class restaurant. That is quite sufficient to ensure her a place in the story of Liverpool ships. Search for crew lists and agreements from 1951 to 1994 at: The National Archives search our 10% sample by ships number inBT 99. [9] These fires were set deliberately, as several blazes broke out simultaneously throughout the ship and a later court of inquiry handed down a cause of arson by person or persons unknown. This would mean an expensive 'light' voyage to New York and, if the inspection failed, an equally expensive 'light' return trip back to the U.K. It was certainly the last time that the two 'Queens' ever stopped at sea in war time. New York Mayor John Lindsay boarded the QUEEN ELIZABETH on sailing day 30th October to bid an official 'farewell'. The QUEEN ELIZABETH alongside the quay at Cherbourg. On Sunday 9th January 1972, three fires started simultaneously on board. The tender ROMSEY which had brought the officials out to the stricken ship made a solo attempt at pulling the liner off the mud, but the towline parted under the unequal strain. The route between America and Europe had characteristics very different from others, said Colonel Bates. Promptly at 2.pm the liner pulled away from the quayside. And so rota pilot F.G. Dawson boarded the, A signal for assistance was sent and - within the hour - the company, port and salvage officials were on board and in conference with Captain Ford. She urgently needed to be drydocked to have the remains of her launch gear removed from her bottom plates which would then have to be cleaned and painted. As well as state-of-the-art weaponry and communications systems, HMS Queen Elizabeth boasts five gyms, a chapel and a medical centre. Air travel increased across the Atlantic by 26% in 1958, whilst sea carryings reduced by just four and a half per cent. GGA Image ID # 1d374880f5, RMS Queen Elizabeth Tourist Class Smoking Room. They were filed at the Register Office of Merchant Seamen, the forerunner of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (RGSS). WebLists can also include passengers who were family members of seamen. For records from 1915 you can also search from our dedicated1915 crew lists pagefor online transcriptions of the records from that year search results will include records held at the National Maritime Museum so check the held by information on the page to find out where you can view the original document. An alternative was serving in the Merchant Navy, and the prospect of earning 2 a week in the forces, or being well paid in the merchant service proved to be a one-sided choice for many youngsters. Early in July 1936 Stephen Piggot (the managing director of John Brown) wrote to Sir Percy Bates saying that Yard No.535 had been reserved for the new ship. The charred remnants of her last ensign were cut from the flagpole and framed in 1972, and still adorn the wall of the officers' mess of marine police HQ in Hong Kong. [29] The vessel was finally declared a shipping hazard and dismantled for scrap between December 1974[30] and 1975. A group of the Purser's staff in the Tourist Purser's cabin. Cunard had insisted that he sail with the ship on her supposed coastal voyage as part of a ruse to throw enemy agents off the scent as to her actual destination. Any search results will be divided into alphabetical ranges according to the initial letter of the ships name. The QUEEN ELIZABETH sailing from Southampton. At around this time the Queen's microphone failed but with great presence of mind, Her Majesty quietly and almost unheard by those around her said: British Pathe The Queen launches the QUEEN ELIZABETH 1938. The records contain details of UK merchant seamen who served on the ships. [7], On the day RMS Queen Mary sailed on her maiden voyage, Cunard's chairman, Sir Percy Bates, informed his ship designers, headed by George Paterson, that it was time to start designing the planned second ship. Alternatively, searchThe National Archives library catalogueto see what is available to consult at Kew. First Armored Infantry Division (15,125 troops, 863 crew). To find the right range for your ship you will need to search using the first two or three digits of the number. Sir Basil Smallpiece said: "Although the QUEEN MARY's retirement at the end of 1967 had long been forecast, it had been hoped that the results of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's cruise programme last winter would confirm the viability of the Company's plan to keep her in service when the 'Q.4' [launched as the QUEEN ELIZABETH 2] comes along in 1969. Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were used as troop transports during the Second World War. In addition, the following types of lists were introduced used between 1835 until 1856: Agreements for Foreign Going or Foreign Trade ships (Schedule A) A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. Two stops would be required for refuelling and watering. Half her crew was paid off and went on leave, whilst around 400 remained with the ship for maintenance, fire watch and to sail the ship on the coastwise voyage to the Clyde. Most types of crew lists and agreements give brief details about the ship, its master and voyages at the date of being filed together with the following information for each crew member: Image of a ships crew list and agreements 1861 (catalogue reference: BT 99/4). The ship was now under Hong Kong ownership, and she sailed to Hong Kong on 10 February 1971. Seaman Lornie Peter Barnard. In 1928 the Germans launched the BREMEN and the EUROPA. He had no experience of handling ships as large as the 'Queens' and off Calshot at the entrance to Southampton Water the QUEEN ELIZABETH ran aground. [37], The wreck was featured in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, as a covert headquarters for MI6. Suggestions ranged from laying up the Elizabeth in a sheltered Scottish loch to selling her to the Americans. WebThe Cunard - White Star Liner QUEEN ELIZABETH 1938 - 1972 LIVERPOOL SHIPS ACCRA OF 1947 ELDER DEMPSTER LINES AUREOL ELDER DEMPSTER LINES BRITANNIC and GEORGIC CUNARD WHITE STAR CARINTHIA CUNARD LINE EMPRESS OF BRITAIN CANADIAN PACIFIC EMPRESS OF CANADA LOSS BY FIRE It read: "She is the last agency of truly comfortable and agreeable travel the world will ever know, since she will never be replaced on any comparable scale of sumptuousness.". The Hales Trophy, awarded for the Atlantic speed record, left Southampton on 8th November 1952 on board the new holder, the UNITED STATES, which crossed from New York to Bishop Rock at 35.59 knots on her maiden voyage. A week after her arrival at Gourock, the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed for Suez on 17th June (via Freetown and Simonstown) with reinforcements for the British Eighth Army to help stem Rommel's advance towards the Canal. The Americans demanded that the QUEEN ELIZABETH be brought up to the new standards of fire protection which would have to include the fitting of additional fire sprinklers and the boxing-in of stairways that could otherwise act as deadly draught tunnels in the event of fire. Promptly at 2.pm on 16th October 1946, the QUEEN ELIZABETH. REINA DEL PACIFICO PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION. The main record series for muster books isBT 98. Tonnage: 83,673. This 'Glee Party', as it was known, then toured the vessel deck by deck. Completed by the masters of ships engaged in the coastal or fishing trade, giving the voyages and crew for the preceding half year, and was to be filed within 21 days of the end of June or December. WebThe eight ships which were passed into the ownership of the new concern were - ALPS, ANDES, BRITISH QUEEN, DAMASCUS, LEBANON, KARNAK, TENERIFFE and TAURUS. being transported (not for $100) in the QUEEN ELIZABETH who, in a burst of enthusiasm, said to one of the officers: "Say, why can't you British build a ship like this?" These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. This argument was buttressed by the statement that the British Government charged the United States for transporting American troops in the QUEEN MARY and the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Whilst on the G.I. There was great complacency in the Cunard boardroom: people would always prefer to cross the ocean by liner, and preferably by Cunard ! The first, on 28th January in cabin main-deck 93, was extinguished by Southampton Fire Brigade and the second fire, just twenty-four hours later, was discovered in a C-deck cabin. [9], In 1955, during an annual overhaul at Southampton, England, Queen Elizabeth was fitted with underwater fin stabilisers to smooth the ride in rough seas. 1947-02-13 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1947-05-24 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1947-09-11 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1948-05-14 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1948-06-24 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1948-10-31 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1949-05-06 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1949-08-27 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1949-10-14 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1950-11-16 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1952-05-07 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1952-06-18 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1953-06-11 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1954-08-26 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1954-12-23 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List. WebSearch and download () lists of passengers boarding at UK and Irish ports and travelling to places such as America, Canada, India, New Zealand and Australia between 1890 and 1960 (BT 27) on the findmypast.co.uk website and also on the Ancestry.co.uk website. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was She urgently needed to be drydocked to have the remains of her launch gear removed from her bottom plates which would then have to be cleaned and painted. Digitized Passenger ListsOceanic to Ryndam. WebThe RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. Chesney Henry. Cunard always refused to acknowledge the recently introduced Hales Trophy as a tangible symbol of the achievement. The small vessel's skipper hoisted a flag signal: Because of a strike by New York tugboat men there was a possibility that the QUEEN ELIZABETH would be diverted to Halifax. They became an establishment, a familiar sight to those who saw them arriving and departing, and a way of life to the crew who sailed them. Listing Includes Date Voyage Began, Steamship Line, Vessel, Passenger Class and Route. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. On 27th May the Clydebank men were told they had the order. On a particularly rough crossing in April 1955, during which there were gusts of wind to 70mph and a heavy swell of up to 50 feet, nearly 100 passengers and members of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's crew were hurt. The Philadelphia businessmen still held a small interest in the new company and would lease the ship from Cunard for $2 million a year. Rear Admiral Carruthers Joseph William. The Australians also needed what was left of their depleted army for their country's own defence in case of Japanese invasion. Within that context, as Sir Percy Bates, the chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company, never tired of explaining: In May 1930, Cunard began to make tentative enquiries about the possibility of dry-docking facilities at Southampton for its two new superliners. The QUEEN ELIZABETH passed the Ambrose Channel Light Vessel off New York just before dawn on 21st October after a passage of 4 days, 16 hours and 18 minutes at an average speed of 27.99 knots. The U.704, under the command of Kapitan Horst Kessler, was wallowing in a Force 8 gale off the west coast of Ireland before returning south to its base in France. The superheated steam needed to be cooled to normal working temperature before slowing the ship could even be considered. A Schedule D form was headed Accounts Of Voyages And Crew For Home Trade Ship. [22] Despite specifications similar to those of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth never held the Blue Riband, for Cunard White Star chairman Sir Percy Bates asked that the two ships do not try to compete against each other. It is estimated that around 4050% of the wreck was still on the seabed. He said that it had become a source of irritation to him and his colleagues on the board. THE CUNARD WHITE STAR LINER QUEEN ELIZABETH. With just enough room for a man to squeeze into his standee. [15] Parts were shipped to Southampton, and preparations were made to move the ship into the King George V Graving Dock when she arrived. Some 10,000 men could, perhaps, be carried in safety according to the lifeboat and liferaft capacity of the ship, but it was considered that the extra 5,000 men who were carried in summer and not provided for in the life-saving equipment were worth the risk, based on the Elizabeth's existing records of speed and reliability. In July the ship was sold for $8.64 million to a company called Queen Inc. More than a year after the two 'Queens' had last met in New York, they sailed in company for the very first time in April 1941. WebRMS Queen Mary: 80,774 GRT: 1936: Currently a Hotel ship 16 October 1946 (entered service) RMS Queen Elizabeth: 83,673 GRT: 314 m (1,031 ft) 1946 1972 (Destroyed by fire) Scrapped in 1974 (after sinking) 3 February 1962 (entered service) SS France (1962-1980) SS Norway (post-1980) 66,343 GRT(as built) 76,049 GRT (final size) WebRMS Queen Elizabeth History Pages. The QUEEN ELIZABETH leaving her berth at Pier 90, New York, The scene on the port wing of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's bridge as the, ship swings in the Hudson River before heading down river, across. Breakfast was from 6.30am until 11.am; and dinner from 3.pm to 7.30pm. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. The original design for the engines was for single-reduction geared turbines, the brainchild of Sir Charles Parsons, in which a reduction gear box is placed between the turbine and the propeller shaft for the purpose of allowing both the turbines and the propellers to run at speeds of revolution suitable for maximum efficiency; high speeds of revolution are required for turbine efficiency and low speeds for propeller efficiency. The ELIZABETH just before she sailed from Port Everglades. The new ship weighed her bower anchor half an hour later and with a mean draught of 37 feet 9 inches slipped through the anti-submarine boom that stretched across the Clyde between the Gantock Rocks and the Cloch Lighthouse at 8.15am. This was simply a record of the total number of crew (known as a muster roll), but it evolved into what are known as crew lists and agreements. The wording of the Cunard Insurance Actspecified 'the construction of two vessels in Great Britain', which precluded the Belfast yard from tendering as Belfast, although in the UK, was not in Great Britain. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy. The whole affair turned into a spectacular fiasco as the ', The QUEEN ELIZABETH's final season on the Atlantic was uneventful other than for the enthusiasm expressed by her regular passengers who wanted to sail in her just one last time. The following morning a small coastal collier was seen in the Irish Sea wallowing along at 6 knots. A southbound run produced a speed of 29.75 knots. By six o'clock the next morning, thirteen tugs had arrived from Southampton, Portsmouth Dockyard and Poole. It occurred one day out of Ceylon and Dr Maguire remembered waking suddenly because the engines were slowing down. The, On 8th November the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed on a 'Farewell Cruise' to Las Palmas and Gibraltar, and was back at Southampton on 15th November. A search on our catalogue of all the available crew lists is only practical for small ports. Be that as it may, John Thorneycroft's staff at Southampton were set a formidable task with the QUEEN ELIZABETH's overhaul in January 1953. When Cunard requested that the Americans send over an inspector to approve the improvement work as it progressed, the authorities declined. Tung personally visited his ship. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at the anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. After leaving Singapore the QUEEN ELIZABETH headed for Sydney. In that year there would be only two days on which a high enough tide would be available to move the QUEEN ELIZABETH. The stability of the QUEEN MARY has proved ample at all times to make the ship as safe and comfortable as it is possible for any vessel to be when passing through an Atlantic storm.' BT 387 is arranged by ranges of ships names therefore you will need to browse the series. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. Some 10,000 men could, perhaps, be carried in safety according to the lifeboat and liferaft capacity of the ship, but it was considered that the extra 5,000 men who were carried in summer and not provided for in the life-saving equipment were worth the risk, based on the. [17] In mid-March, carrying 8,000 American soldiers, Queen Elizabeth began a 7,700-mile voyage from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia. Within a few short minutes the plans, hopes and successes of three decades came to an end as syrens boomed out across the water, the whole poignant scene witnessed by just a few passengers braving the night wind. Sir Percy Bates stressed that "she would be no slavish copy of her sister". Harland & Wolff found itself in a peculiar situation. Within each box the lists are randomly arranged. Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, expressed his fears for the safety of the QUEEN ELIZABETH and felt that she would fall victim to Nazi bombers in her exposed site at Clydebank. For the First World War (1914-1918) all surviving logs containing casualties are preserved. Mr Tung proposed to name his ship the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY. At the Cunard Steamship Company's Annual General Meeting held on 28th May 1959, the Chairman Colonel Denis Bates speculated on how the world would be travelling in the future. Shuttle' the two Queens were never in the same port at the same time, and the schedules avoided either ship lying at anchor at Gourock during the period of full moon. There was no call at Cherbourg; the ship was fully booked from Southampton and much work still needed to be done to make the harbour at the French port safe again. [31] Position of the wreck: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}221943N 1140644E / 22.32861N 114.11222E / 22.32861; 114.11222. CPO. A year later, in January 1973, the old QUEEN ELIZABETH still lay in the harbour at Hong Kong, a burnt out hulk lying on her starboard side. The submarine dived and the captain identified the ship as the QUEEN ELIZABETH. L.Sea. 534 was laid on 27th December 1930. With ' Queen Mary' she provided weekly luxury liner service between Southampton in the United Kingdom and New York City in the United States, via Cherbourg in France. Townley had previously commanded Aquitania on one voyage, and several of Cunard's smaller vessels before that. Cunard retired Queen Mary in 1967 and Queen Elizabeth completed her final Atlantic crossing to New York on 5 November 1968. During the first weekend of the war her newly erected forward funnel, resplendent in Cunard red and black, was hastily overpainted in grey. Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. The QUEEN ELIZABETH passing the Statue of Liberty, New York, on 7th March 1940 on the completion of her successful 'secret', The QUEEN ELIZABETH arrives at New York on 7th March 1940. By midnight on 9th January the fire had burnt through five decks and the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY had developed a starboard list of 17 degrees, the start of a slow and unstoppable capsize. An unplanned lengthy mid-voyage stopover allowed the new owners to fly spare parts out to the ship and carry out repairs before resuming the course to Hong Kong Harbour, where she arrived in July 1971. That is quite good enough the main record series for muster books isBT 98 voyage began, Line. 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