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?" The QUEEN ELIZABETH was the culmination of Sir Percy Bates' own initiative; the fulfilment of a long-cherished dream held by many shipowners; that a weekly trans-Atlantic ferry service should be maintained by two ships rather than by three, or even four (sometimes mismatched) vessels that had previously - and expensively - been required. [6] The two liners were replaced with the new, more economical Queen Elizabeth 2. Their welcome in New York was, to say the least, tumultous. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy. With White Star now under Cunard's wing, Harland & Wolff at Belfast were also invited to tender, a position not previously open to them. 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. The value of '534' for insurance purposes during building was fixed at the full price payable by Cunard, namely 4 million. Those crew members who, for family or other reasons, declined to sign the new articles were taken off the QUEEN ELIZABETH, sworn to secrecy and subsequently spent many hours, virtually interned, on board the Southampton tender ROMSEY in a nearby loch. On 25th November 1935 Sir Percy Bates wrote to Swan Hunter; Vickers Armstrong; John Brown and Cammell Laird advising them that, although his Board had not reached any final decision, they might decide to build a vessel to run alongside the QUEEN MARY. In an lighter vein, it should not be forgotten that it was a G.I. This anticipated event never occurred and was considered very unlikely to occur, so the well space was plated in and used for additional accommodation. Bdmn. Click onBT 98to search by date and name of British port where the ship was registered. There was great complacency in the Cunard boardroom: people would always prefer to cross the ocean by liner, and preferably by Cunard ! An alternative site was found at Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Gourock farewell'. [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. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. [14] The ship was then sent for fitting out. Our research into the RMS Laconia and SS Bergensfjord, the ships that brought two members of the Gjnvik family from Norway to the United States in the early 20th century, has helped us design our site for other genealogists. REINA DEL MAR PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Queen Elizabeth and her daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret joined the QUEEN ELIZABETH for the trials on 7th October. finally arrives at Hong Kong on 15th July 1971. Passenger accommodation in 1960: 800 first, 650 cabin, 700 third. Two fins were fitted on each side of the hull. WebScenes on the main podium prior the launching, the two Princesses are notable, especially Princess Elizabeth , our future Queen! Search by ships name or number inBT 165 for selected logs covering the periods 1902-1920. Only a little fuel remained after the transatlantic crossing, but a barge moved alongside to take it off as necessary. Sir Percy Bates said that he liked to think that the Queens had, by their troop carrying capacities, shortened the war by a whole year. However the year 1957 proved to be the irreversible turning point when an equal number of people were transported by air as were carried by sea. 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 Government then proposed to lend the new company 9.5 million which would be divided into three portions: + 5 million for a furture sister ship - the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Within each box the lists are randomly arranged. One major factor that limited the ship's departure date was that there were only two spring tides that year that would see the water level high enough for Queen Elizabeth to leave the Clydebank shipyard,[15] and German intelligence were aware of this fact. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. Steam turbines. Although the 'Queens' could easily manage 27 or 28 knots, they were reduced to the convoy's common speed of around 20 knots. The RESCUE could not handle the ship on her own and so a second tug was summoned. Winter cruises from New York to the West Indies were poorly patronised and one was cancelled and replaced with an unscheduled Atlantic crossing. Built at the famed John Brown Shipyard in Clydebank, Queen Elizabeth was the largest passenger ship ever constructed, a title she held from her launch until 1996 when finally eclipsed Alternatively, browseBT 98/564-4758to view all the ports covered for this period and the alphabetical ranges of ships for each port. They were ferried out to the liner on the Clyde steamer QUEEN MARY II. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH). While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was known as Hull 552. The outcome was the Cunard (Insurance) Act, passed in December 1930. Towards the end of 1940 additional seamen arrived on board the QUEEN ELIZABETH, having travelled from Halifax, N.S. I joined the Cunard Line in March 1962 as an Assistant Purser and sailed on the QUEEN ELIZABETH throughout that year, before transferring to the Liverpool-based CARINTHIA in November, where I remained as Crew Purser for the next five years. Bdmn. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence In the entrance channel to the harbour at Port Everglades a second boiler blew and the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY now had just four boilers functioning out of a possible twelve. The BREMEN's triumphant return to Hamburg after. [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. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. This rake also gave the Elizabeth a longer overall length: 1,031 feet as against the 1,019 feet of the QUEEN MARY. 1951onwards Use the search box contained withinBT 98to search by ships Official Number and date. The Cammell Laird tender had been 4,683,000. In November 1948 a series of strikes dragged on for sixteen days, and on 2nd December the QUEEN ELIZABETH had sailed on the same tide as the QUEEN MARY and the AQUITANIA, a unique event in the history of all three vessels. The work would include the installation of full air conditioning, the fitting of private showers and toilets in much of the cabin class and tourist class accommodation, and the creation of a lido at the after end of the promenade deck, incorporating an outdoor heated swimming pool. From 1857 onwards, the records are arranged in BT 98 by ships Official Number (ON). Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel without a convoy. The QUEEN ELIZABETH arrived back in the Clyde on 4th December 1965 and entered the Firth of Clyde dry dock at Greenock on 9th December. A temporary electrical fault had developed with the Elizabeth's whistle control gear and she left Southampton in a silence that only added to the almost furtive feeling of the departure. The ELIZABETH (the prefix 'Queen' was dropped at Cunard's request) was opened to the public on 14th February 1969. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger Lists 1947-1954 RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. CPO. 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. with U.S. troops on a G.I. Three five-day cruises between New York and Nassau, Bahamas were planned for February and early March 1963, after which the liner would return to Atlantic service. On 22nd August 1939 it was announced that the maiden voyage of the QUEEN ELIZABETH was scheduled to leave Southampton on 24th April 1940. The safety of the troops during these solo high-speed dashes across the Atlantic was not considered to be paramount in the minds of those at the top. Queen Mary was retired from service on 9 December 1967, and sold to the city of Long Beach, California. Digitized Passenger ListsOceanic to Ryndam. May 11 - 16 First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew). After several crossings with Joey on board, the crew began to grumble that the weather seemed to have taken a turn for the worse. When a speed of 25 knots had been reached and maintained for one hour, the escorting warships were informed that the 'engine trials' had been satisfactory and that there was no objection to their standing down. Her carrying capacity was over 15,000 troops and over 900 crew. An elaborate ruse suggested to any German observers that she would sail to Southampton to complete her fitting-out. This is not given in the Merchant seaman registers 1835-1857 until 1854. to embark 5,000 troops on a northbound convoy to Suez. A serious fire broke out in No.4 boiler room on 13th February and was fortunately brought under control. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at anchor in Sydney Harbour waiting. [26] The vessel was sold at auction in 1970 to Hong Kong tycoon Tung Chao Yung.[9]. The Official Number was allocated on registration, retained for the life of the ship, and was not reused. The Pacific was too dangerous for her with both German and Japanese submarines on the prowl. It was certainly the last time that the two 'Queens' ever stopped at sea in war time. The QUEEN ELIZABETH of 1938 never visited the port of Liverpool, but on her stern were the words QUEEN ELIZABETH LIVERPOOL. The salvage tug RESCUE arrived on 16th February as the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY continued her southward drift through the Windward Passage into the Caribbean. Photographed on the QUEEN ELIZABETH, sometime. These essentially distinguished between ships sailing in waters around Britain (home) and those sailing further afield (foreign). She had been designed for five-day transatlantic passages, not for long voyages. In late 1961 Cunard installed fruit machines (popularly known as one-armed bandits) on the QUEEN ELIZABETH and was immediately criticised for resorting to such a revenue-producing device on a luxury liner of this class. Rear Admiral Carruthers Joseph William. Ships did not have an official number before 1855. Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were used as troop transports during the Second World War. The Italians put the largest motor ship in the world, the AUGUSTUS, into service, and the White Star Line had laid down a new liner at Belfast. Use this section for advice on finding crew lists and agreements from 1835 up to 1999. She first entered service in February 1940 as a troopship in the Second World War, and it was not until October 1946 that she served in her intended role as an ocean liner. Internally the condensers and oil cooler inlets were cleared of shells and gravel. This meant that the crew had to re-sign on foreign-going Articles. Over a two-hour period engine revolutions were increased from 100 (17 knots) to 154 (26 knots). On 26th October 1958 the first American commercial jet took off for Paris and a whole new era was born. 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. All Digitized Passenger Lists For the RMS Queen Elizabeth Available at the GG Archives. ", Neville Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was convinced that faced with the growing competition from foreign liner companies there was not room for two big British companies acting in opposition to each other on the North Atlantic trade. 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. It is estimated that around 4050% of the wreck was still on the seabed. The salvage attempt at the first suitable high tide failed and the Elizabeth had to wait until 17th April when at 8.40pm she was finally pulled off the mud. The QUEEN MARY found a buyerin the form of the City of Long Beach, California and she left Southampton on 31st October 1967 carrying 1,000 passengers on what was billed as 'The Last Great Cruise', involving a passage around Cape Horn. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was back in service on the North Atlantic on 26th March 1966, but with 150 cabins still not completed, she carried Harland & Wolff workmen with her to finish the job. The trend of development in the design of Atlantic liners since the coming of steam had been towards larger and faster ships; the larger ships being more comfortable as they were less affected by the elements, whilst the increased speed shortened the trip. Any search results will be divided into alphabetical ranges according to the initial letter of the ships name. 534 was laid on 27th December 1930. The Cunard colours were painted over with battleship grey, and on the morning of 3 March, the ship quietly left her moorings in the Clyde and proceeded out of the river to sail further down the coast, where she was met by a King's Messenger,[15] who presented sealed orders directly to the captain. 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. These agreements had to be filed within 24 hours of the ships return to a UK port. It is comparatively short - a long weekend by the express steamers or six and a half hours by air. Mr C.Y. With just enough room for a man to squeeze into his standee. The QUEEN ELIZABETH arrived at Singapore three weeks after leaving New York for a seven-week conversion into a troopship with accommodation for 5,000 troops. On the bridge there was the faint sensation of a slight, lurching jolt which some on board never even felt. 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