WebScenes on the main podium prior the launching, the two Princesses are notable, especially Princess Elizabeth , our future Queen! With a design that improved upon that of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth was a slightly larger ship, the largest passenger liner ever built at that time and for 56 years thereafter. May 11 - 16 First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew). However, a labour force from the Todd Shipyard at Brooklyn had been contracted to further the completion of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. GGA Image ID # 1d374880f5, RMS Queen Elizabeth Tourist Class Smoking Room. the title of each video, exactly as I have shown it above. Sir Basil Smallpiece said: Like a Greek tragedy the tale of woe gathered force. This had been included on the, The QUEEN ELIZABETH's bow, unlike that of the, As a triumphant fanfare to the launch of the QUEEN ELIZABETH, the. On 22nd August 1939 it was announced that the maiden voyage of the QUEEN ELIZABETH was scheduled to leave Southampton on 24th April 1940. 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. After anchoring off Aruba the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY drifted, dragging her anchor, out to deep water. The summer overhauls were routine and no special work was done. During the first weekend of the war her newly erected forward funnel, resplendent in Cunard red and black, was hastily overpainted in grey. However, because of the prestigious nature of the Elizabeth's maiden arrival at New York as a commercial passenger liner, Commodore Bisset decided to press on and dock the ship at Pier 90 without the aid of tugs if necessary. It was out of the question for the Elizabeth to sail up to John Brown's shipyard at Clydebank, so it was planned to ferry men and equipment out to the liner as she lay at anchor off the Tail of the Bank. Recently introduced legislation by the International Maritime Commission also influenced the board's decision. 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. Boat drill was carried out on departure from New York. This would have been the OCEANIC, whose keel was laid at Harland & Wolff's yard in 1928. 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. after a visit to the Liverpool Cruise Terminal. WebNew York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967 to 1962 for NYC (fee-based - at Ancestry) Includes passenger and crew arrival lists (and some departure lists) for vessels that were filed at various ports (such as Binghamton, Buffalo, NYC, Niagara Falls, Oswego, Rochester, Syracuse, and other ports) in the state of New York. The object of fitting the coil (one of the first to be so fitted) was hopefully to render the ship immune from magnetic mines by neutralising the ship's magnetic field. Before 1747 no systematic records of the crew of merchant ships were kept. Following the end of the Second World War, Queen Elizabeth was refitted and furnished as an ocean liner,[9] while her running mate Queen Mary remained in her wartime role and grey appearance except for her funnels, which were repainted in the company's colours. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. One detonation was heard. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger Lists 1947-1954 RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. The prospect to Cunard was just too daunting, and contributed greatly to the decision to dispose of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Tung and contained much well looked after second hand tonnage within its fleet. 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. Use this section for advice on finding crew lists and agreements from 1835 up to 1999. On August Bank Holiday, 1950, a yacht cruised across the fairway in the track of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. But the QUEEN ELIZABETH made only 38 crossings and yet carried 66,000 passengers, giving a average of 1,752. One week later work resumed on '534'. They first appear in the records around 1852; many have been destroyed, with only those recording a birth or death surviving. ", The QUEEN ELIZABETH making almost 30 knots on her sea trials. 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. Like a Greek tragedy the tale of woe gathered force. In January 1931 agreement was reached with the New York Port Authority for a thousand-foot long pier at a rent of 48,000 a year. The American liner made 44 Atlantic crossings and carried 70,104 passengers in 1955. Search for crew lists and agreements from 1861 to 1938 at: The National Archives search in BT 99by seamans name or ships name for records from 1881, 1891 and 1915 andby ships number for all other years. Tonnage: 83,673. 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) On 27th March 1955 the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed down the Channel as far as the Lizard to test the new stabilisers. Her carrying capacity was over 15,000 troops and over 900 crew. 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. This awe-inspiring warship is capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft. Image of a ships muster roll 1770-1775 (catalogue reference: BT 98/3). All fields were usually completed. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. Her propellers were removed and cleaned and the underwater hull cleaned and painted. For pre-1747 records, you need to look speculatively through material from other government departments or courts that may have had an interest in merchant navy affairs, such as: Use theadvanced search in Discovery, our catalogue, to search for records using the department codes above and relevant keywords such as ships, shipping, or manifest. Queen Elizabeth and her daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret joined the QUEEN ELIZABETH for the trials on 7th October. 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. Apparently the torpedo had exploded well away from the ship. The 1966 strike cost Cunard an estimated 3.75 million in lost revenue and brought the total operating loss for the year to over 6 million. The reason was the Chancellor of the Exchequer's apprehension at what might be asked of him by his critics when making the announcement of the order in the House, namely 'that this tender business was all a farce, and that the order was in Brown's pocket from the start. [15] 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. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy. Other than for Southampton's Albion Band, the quayside was almost bereft of well-wishers. Official logs are found with the agreements and crew lists, where they survive. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger Lists 1947-1954 RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. was given a coloured disc or card (red, white or blue) and this indicated the section of the ship in which he must remain during the voyage. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was With flight time cut from twelve to less than seven hours, the lure was irresistible. This 'Glee Party', as it was known, then toured the vessel deck by deck. The starboard side of the promenade deck, looking aft. The work, Cunard estimated, would cost 750,000. In the centre, on the south side of Pier 90, is the QUEEN MARY, and across. All these record series are indexed on theRecord Search database. GGA Image ID # 1d3776ba5f. On board was the ship's namesake, Queen Elizabeth, and her two daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. Harland & Wolff found itself in a peculiar situation. Sanders Samuel Donald . Her secret sailing was under British Government regulations, so as to lessen the danger of being sunk by the Germans. It was an hour before fire fighting tugs arrived at the scene, and after four hours of futile effort the liner was left to burn herself out. dry dock at Southampton for annual overhaul. [9] Elizabeth, as she was now called, arrived in Port Everglades on 8 December 1968 and opened to tourists in February 1969, well before Queen Mary, which opened two years later, in 1971. By coincidence she had grounded in almost the same geographical spot as the AQUITANIA, ten years previously almost to the day. Dr Maguire said that he never did find out just who was responsible for that risky mid-ocean mail collecting. He wrote in his private diary: "My own airm has always been to use '534' as a lever for bringing about a merger between the Cunard and White Star Lines, thus establishing one strong British company in the North Atlantic trade.". The RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. 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. During the year there were 24 fewer westbound sailings and 22 fewer eastbound sailings than in 1960. two express steamers became a reality in August, 1947. When Cunard requested that the Americans send over an inspector to approve the improvement work as it progressed, the authorities declined. The liner did not now have enough power to manoeuvre, should the need arise, but she did have enough momentum - plus the aid of tugs - to carry her through the harbour entrance. It was out of the question for the. 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). 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) The QUEEN ELIZABETH leaving Clydebank on 26th February 1940. Looking astern over the cabin-class sports deck. Often the description of a mans conduct, listed under the two headings General Conduct and Ability in Seamanship, consisted of nothing more than the letters VG (Very Good). WebNew York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967 to 1962 for NYC (fee-based - at Ancestry) Includes passenger and crew arrival lists (and some departure lists) for vessels that were filed at various ports (such as Binghamton, Buffalo, NYC, Niagara Falls, Oswego, Rochester, Syracuse, and other ports) in the state of New York. The crossing from New York to Cherbourg - 3,195 miles - was made in 4 days 13 hours and 6 minutes at an average speed of 29.29 knots. As 1939 wore on, men and materials were taken away from the liner as Admiralty work took priority, and the pace of work on board slowed down. Costing almost twice as much as the Mary, the French liner was also more lavish in her first-class apartments. The railway company expressed the view that the projected dry dock could not be started for some eight to ten years and that it would take between four and five years to complete. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at the anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. AB. Denials of this speculation by British shipping representatives were not accepted. Agreements and crew lists from the 19th century are occasionally accompanied by ships logs and this becomes increasingly common for 20th century records. To find a ships official number go to theCrew List Index Project(CLIP) website, which has information about merchant ships from 1855 to 1913, or theMiramar Ship Indexwebsite (subscription required) which lists some categories of merchant and naval ships. The 1971 film version starring Connery used the P&O liner SSCanberra for the sequence. It was agreed that the QUEEN ELIZABETH should spend twelve weeks on the Clyde (at her old wartime anchorage) plus ten weeks at Berth 101 in Southampton and in the King George V dry dock. Shuttle voyage from Southampton, Commodore James Bisset had the Elizabeth's wartime grey funnels repainted in Cunard's red and black. Try search terms such as ship register or registrar general shipping and seamen. Tonnage: 83,673. The size of the two proposed superliners was not dictated in any way by a desire on the part of Cunard to have 'Big Ships' for their own sake. WebThe eight ships which were passed into the ownership of the new concern were - ALPS, ANDES, BRITISH QUEEN, DAMASCUS, LEBANON, KARNAK, TENERIFFE and TAURUS. Rear Admiral Carruthers Joseph William. 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. THE CUNARD - WHITE STAR LINER 'QUEEN ELIZABETH'. Following her arrival at New York on 28th October 1968, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was feted and honoured with both private and official functions being held on board. October 2 They were huge sitting targets in a hostile ocean. The Clydebank yard was awarded the contract with a tender of 4,293,000. 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. As a result only twelve boilers were needed for the QUEEN ELIZABETH, rather than the twenty-four in the, Another obvious difference between the two ships was the lack of a forward well deck on the new QUEEN ELIZABETH. Her propellers thrashed the shallow water into billowing clouds of yellow and black as sand and mud were churned up from the sea bed. This would involve a great deal of dredging and the removal of rock outcrops that might hazard the ship's safe progress. This had been included on the Mary to spend the force of any heavy sea that might break over the bow before the water could damage the superstructure. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was reported as being in excellent shape with her engines in tip-top condition. For example, for a ship with the number 25820, search using 258* (include the asterisk) as your keyword. The cruiser HMAS CANBERRA had lowered a pinnace which was cruising calmly around collecting bags of mail from each. Chesney Henry. The following morning, 18th April 1947, she steamed into Southampton - fifty hours late ! It is comparatively short - a long weekend by the express steamers or six and a half hours by air. 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. At the end of her time at Gourock one thousand Clydebankers ('Bankies') sailed south with the ship to alleviate the acute shortage of local skilled labour at Southampton. [23] On 29 July 1959, she was in a collision with the American freighter American Hunter in foggy conditions in New York Harbor and was holed above the waterline.[24]. WebThe RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. Barry Claud Barrington. It was named after Dr Gauss, a nineteenth century expert on magnetism, whose theories had enabled the Germans to produce their new lethal magnetic mines. This is the story of the ship from the planning stages of the late 1920s, her war operations, her amazingly successful passenger service of the late 1940s and 1950s, and her demise in the mid 1960s. The King's Messenger was awaited as he would bring the order to sail. The loyalty that she was given by her crew, the lifeblood of any ship, was reflected in the service given to her passengers who patronised the ship in vast numbers time and time again. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. 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 Rear Admiral Carruthers Joseph William. Under the terms of the Cunard Insurance Act, Cunard was obliged to start work on the second ship before the Act expired in 1936. And so, on 24th June 1945, the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Gourock with her first load of returning G.I.s. Shuttle'. The QUEEN ELIZABETH in the Firth of Clyde (Inchgreen), The QUEEN ELIZABETH passing the Cloch Lighthouse. Sir Percy Bates told the Southern Railway that it was a question of 'no dry dock, no ship'. During her 1953 overhaul, two fires broke out on board the QUEEN ELIZABETH in dry dock. That evening the crew was paid off and just 193 were retained to take the Elizabeth on her delivery voyage to Fort Lauderdale. Sir James Bisset was in command of the QUEEN ELIZABETH for many of these 'shuttle' voyages. The QUEEN ELIZABETH entering the harbour at. The world's three largest liners were together for the first and, as events were to prove, the last time. Marr recommended that Seawise University be towed to the New Territories, but Tung and his crew were convinced that they could sail the ship there using just the aft engines and boilers. Dimensions, 987' x 118' Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were used as troop transports during the Second World War. WebThe Queen Elizabeth is the newest addition to the Cunard Line and made its debut voyage in October 2010. The Cunard Board had decided, therefore, in view of the changing pattern of the passenger business, much of which could be attributed to political anxiety, that it would be foolish at this juncture to embark on a new capital ship. 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. The small vessel's skipper hoisted a flag signal: "What ship is that?" On Sunday 9th January 1972, three fires started simultaneously on board. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger Lists 1947-1954 RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. There was still thick fog in Southampton Water and the QUEEN ELIZABETH returned to Cowes Roads to anchor overnight. Captain Bisset said, after the war, that an explosion was heard, Altogether the QUEEN ELIZABETH made 35 round voyages across the North Atlantic on the 'G.I. 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. Within that context, as Sir Percy Bates, the chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company, never tired of explaining: "The two new vessels represent the smallest and slowest ships which can fulfill these conditions and accomplish such a regular service. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. The first was New Zealand and the second was Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Group of islands. It was pointed out to the Southern Railway Company, the owners of Southampton Docks, that by 1933 a dry dock capable of taking a vessel 1,075 feet in length would be needed. 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