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. Steam locomotives delivered the steel plates, but lighter items were brought in by horse-drawn lorries. GGA Image ID # 1d3776ba5f. A parakeet flew in through an open porthole at New York and quickly became the mascot of the ship's officers who bought him a fancy cage and named him Joey. Queen Elizabeth was retired after her final crossing to New York, on 8 December 1968. On 14th April 1947 the QUEEN ELIZABETH was homeward bound and after leaving Cherbourg encountered thick fog in the Channel. How much more dignified it would have been to have broken the ship up in 1968. In New York she found herself moored alongside both Queen Mary and the French Line's Normandie, the only time all three of the world's largest ocean liners were ever berthed together. dry dock at Southampton for annual overhaul. The dock would have to be 124 feet wide at its entrance and have a minimum depth of 40 feet. The QUEEN ELIZABETH of 1938 never visited the port of Liverpool, but on her stern were the words QUEEN ELIZABETH LIVERPOOL. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH) at Cape Town, on 14th June 1971, on passage to Hong Kong. Her funnels are 70 feet high from deck level. Digitized Passenger ListsOceanic to Ryndam. By the beginning of March 1940, Queen Elizabeth was ready for her secret voyage. 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. Dimensions, 987' x 118' 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. For the two meals a day that were provided there were six sittings, each of forty-five minutes. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was They were huge sitting targets in a hostile ocean. The left hand side of the E-1 certificate was a certificate of character on which the master rated the seamans ability and character of conduct (VG, G Fair, Poor). The Philadelphia businessmen still held a small interest in the new company and would lease the ship from Cunard for $2 million a year. 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. Engines were checked and boilers tested, but only six of the twelve boilers were considered functional for the long passage. Additional competition in the form of the new UNITED STATES would also be a factor from mid 1952. October 2 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. The two funnels were self-supporting and braced internally to give a cleaner-looking appearance. in the late 1940s, are (left to right): Elizabeth Sayers, Margaret Morton. 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. Dr Maguire said that he never did find out just who was responsible for that risky mid-ocean mail collecting. Therefore Cunard approached the Government and asked them if they would bear the additional burden. During this time, and for a while after, she was under American control through a lend-lease agreement. Day it fell to the Queens to transport back to the United States many of the hundreds of thousands of the G.I.s they had brought to Europe, and, in the case of the QUEEN MARY, to transport 25,000 American servicemen's 'War Brides' and their children to their new home country. Cunard faced formidable competiion in the shape of the brand new liner FRANCE and the UNITED STATES operating a weekly integrated transatlantic service. v3.0, date and place of joining and leaving the ship, reason for leaving the ship, whether discharged, drowned, or otherwise, the amount of money invested in the fund by each crew member (this was calculated on a pro rata basis at 6d per month), how disposed of (the nature of the seamans departure from the ship, whether discharged, drowned or otherwise). 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 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. [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. 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. Sir Percy Bates stressed that "she would be no slavish copy of her sister". In total the reconversion work cost 1 million. In mid Atlantic on 6th June she steamed 700 miles at an average of 30.43 knots, her fastest day's run since entering passenger service after the war. Eventually both the House of Commons and the House of Lords voted and the Bill was passed on 27th March 1934. Sir Percy Bates had wisely waited for anticipated developments in boiler design to occur. L.Sea. 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. Quadruple-screw, 31 knots. When considering the comfort of those on board, Cunard had decided against the installation of stabilisers. Sir James Bisset was in command of the QUEEN ELIZABETH for many of these 'shuttle' voyages. The next largest category comprised business travel and if current medical opinion was correct there was a danger that modern airspeed had outstepped the capacity of man to adapt himself to its stress. (The QUEEN MARY had been ship number 534). A serious fire broke out in No.4 boiler room on 13th February and was fortunately brought under control. The QUEEN MARY gained the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic from the NORMANDIE in 1938, but the Cunard Line always refused to accept the trophy. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had also been fitted with four miles of rubber coated copper cable would around her enormous hull. Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel without a convoy. Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. After the formal speeches had been completed there was a pause as high tide and slack water were awaited. [15] The names of Brown's shipyard employees were booked to local hotels in Southampton to give a false trail of information, and Captain John Townley was appointed as her first master. The troops would board the Elizabeth at Pier 90 at New York during the late evening hours under cover of darkness after being transported to the pier by either ferry or bus. Just after midnight on 25th September 1967 the two 'Queens' passed each other in mid-Atlantic, the QUEEN MARY makingher final eastbound transatlantic crossing. She underwent refit work in drydock adding accommodation and armaments, and three hundred naval ratings quickly painted the hull. The first stop was at Trinidad where she rendezvoused with a tanker five miles off Port of Spain. Evangelist Billy Graham offered 2.1 million for her to become a floating bible school, and the United States Institute of Technology wanted her to become a floating university. The 'Cassandra' column in the 'Daily Mirror' on 29th November 1961 was uncharacteristically enthusiastic about the QUEEN ELIZABETH. pp. 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. Just two funnels were needed on the new ship instead of the three on the Mary and these were self-supporting, having their stays on the inside of the stack. A skilled craftsman working on the QUEEN ELIZABETH earned just 3.2s.0d for a 47-hour work. 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 CUNARD - WHITE STAR LINER 'QUEEN ELIZABETH'. Public interest in the ELIZABETH quickly waned and by June 1969 the liner was again up for sale. For the QUEEN ELIZABETH the war was over. [15], Queen Elizabeth left the port of New York on 13 November 1940 for Singapore to receive her troopship conversion. Six years of war service had never permitted the formal sea trials to take place, so they were now finally undertaken. WebThe RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385 Queen Elizabeth (1940) Cunard Line Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. This meant that the crew had to re-sign on foreign-going Articles. She would then have been remembered as the fine working ship that she undoubtedly was. Originally vetoing the idea of allowing her portrait to be hung in the ship when the liner was launched, Queen Elizabeth had now relented. She was back in New York on 19th August to begin her regular G.I. 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. Whilst on the G.I. This will findBT 98/6795which covers ships numbers 25801-25834 for the year 1860. The QUEEN ELIZABETH berthed alongside the Ocean Terminal, at Southampton, taking on bunkers for her next voyage. After a call at Rio de Janeiro, the, The QUEEN ELIZABETH was now equipped to carry 15,000 troops although the numbers were reduced to 12,000 in the winter months. 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. Shuttle' the two. Although the QUEEN ELIZABETH could carry 2,200 passengers, the number would be limited to about 1,200 whilst cruising. Search by ships name or number inBT 165 for selected logs covering the periods 1902-1920. 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. Dimensions, 987' x 118' WebAll surviving agreements and crew lists with their logbooks are held by The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. 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). 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. First Armored Infantry Division (15,125 troops, 863 crew). The following morning, 18th April 1947, she steamed into Southampton - fifty hours late ! To locate crew lists for these years you will need to know the name of the ship on which an individual seaman sailed. 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