Not until the, Steam was raised on all boilers on 1st March. Dimensions, 987' x 118' Harland & Wolff found itself in a peculiar situation. Shuttle voyage from Southampton, Commodore James Bisset had the Elizabeth's wartime grey funnels repainted in Cunard's red and black. There are two main types of crew list for this period: Use the search box contained withinBT 98 to search by date and name of ships port of registry. 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. They were ferried out to the liner on the Clyde steamer QUEEN MARY II. It can be appreciated that the jibe that Great Britain charged $100 a head to take soldiers to the battlefields of Europe was calculated to be extremely hurtful to Anglo-American friendship. 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. [12] The interiors were designed by a team of artists headed by the architect George Grey Wornum. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was known as Hull 552. Sir Percy Bates had wisely waited for anticipated developments in boiler design to occur. [citation needed], As a troopship, Queen Elizabeth left Singapore on 11 February, and on 23 February 1942 Queen Elizabeth secretly arrived in Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. The two-funnelled MAURETANIA and the, SYLVANIA are berthed at Pier 92. Shuttle' the two. With these improvements, Cunard intended to keep the ship in operation until at least the mid-1970s. Commenced her first regular Southampton-New York voyage, October 16, 1946, making the crossing in four days, 16 hours, 18 minutes. Rodaway Thomas. Sir Basil Smallpiece (Cunard's chairman since November 1965 when he succeeded Sir John Brocklebank) decided that the time had finally come for drastic, long-delayed surgery on the Cunard passenger fleet. 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. The keel, boilers and engines remained at the bottom of the harbour, and the area was marked as "Foul" on local sea charts, warning ships not to try to anchor there. Captain Ford then stopped the engines to avoid sucking silt into the underwater inlets. The Directors decided that work must stop on No.534 - the QUEEN MARY - at noon on Friday 11th December 1931. Not only that, but the company headquarters was transferred from Liverpool to Southampton. Costing almost twice as much as the, Sir Percy Bates had wisely waited for anticipated developments in boiler design to occur. Portions of the hull that were not salvaged were left at the bottom of the bay. Digitized Passenger ListsOceanic to Ryndam. After 1861 only a sample of crew lists and agreements and log books are held at The National Archives. The C.G.T. It was certainly the last time that the two 'Queens' ever stopped at sea in war time. The other ships that were in Southampton that unhappy morning saluted the QUEEN ELIZABETH as she passed but received no acknowledgement to their respectful signals. The Elizabeth sailed at 8.pm. Altogether the QUEEN ELIZABETH made 35 round voyages across the North Atlantic on the 'G.I. The records contain details of UK merchant seamen who served on the ships. In June 1952 the QUEEN ELIZABETH was recording some very fast passages, just prior to the entry into service of the UNITED STATES on 4th July. The superheated steam needed to be cooled to normal working temperature before slowing the ship could even be considered. Sanders Samuel Donald . The starboard side of the boat deck on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. [8] The official contract between Cunard and government financiers was signed on 6 October 1936. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at full speed in the North Atlantic. 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. 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 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 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. For the purpose of this list, they have been included as Cunard ships. On 8th May 1967, the axe finally fell and it was announced that the QUEEN ELIZABETH would be withdrawn a year earlier than originally planned - in the Autumn of 1968 after a final summer on the Western Ocean. Cunard was determined that the new ship would be based on the latest revolutionary developments that had taken place in naval architecture and marine engineering. This was the catalyst, but not the only cause, of the withdrawal of the two, The QUEEN ELIZABETH was not successful as a cruise ship. 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. In 1959, the ship made an appearance in the British satirical comedy film The Mouse That Roared, starring Peter Sellers and Jean Seberg. At 11.15am the QUEEN ELIZABETH weighed anchor and was abeam the Cumbraes an hour later. The experiment lasted three voyages before the bandits were given a dishonourable discharge. The value of '534' for insurance purposes during building was fixed at the full price payable by Cunard, namely 4 million. Mildenhall Wilfred Charles. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was embedded in mud to a point just below the bridge. They would follow the natural progression of developments then taking place in marine engineering and in naval architecture. Tung's great ship was reconditioned and converted into the ship of his dreams. Two masts and two funnels. However the QUEEN ELIZABETH still carried a full complement on occasions: over 2,000 passengers were on board on one eastbound sailing in June, 1963. When he asked for questions, one boy shot up his arm and asked: "How big were the frying pans?" The QUEEN ELIZABETH entering the King George V Dry Dock. Gregg William. The market could only assume 2,700,000 of the risk. The Directors were faced with the almost unbelievable fact that the gross revenue of the Company for the year was calculated to be nearly 2.5 million down on 1930. This also suffered from low bookings and became known as the 'Ghost Ship Voyage'. Eight days later the 'slow boat to China' arrived at Hong Kong. All the Cunard records from that period have apparently been lost. 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. To find the right range for your ship you will need to search using the first two or three digits of the number. 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. L.Sea. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385 Queen Elizabeth (1940) Cunard Line Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. Two of the ship's fire warning system brass plaques were recovered by a dredger, and were displayed at The Aberdeen Boat Club in Hong Kong in an exhibit about the ship. The Cunard policy of the two-ship express service was thoroughly sound and at the same time economic. Over a two-hour period engine revolutions were increased from 100 (17 knots) to 154 (26 knots). 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. 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. A 'Farewell Dinner' was held at sea on Sunday 3rd November and the following day the QUEEN ELIZABETH arrived back at Southampton for the last time, coming to the end of the career for which she had been designed. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. Dimensions, 987' x 118' 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. It was reasoned, therefore, that if the passage time could be reduced to five days, it would be possible for two ships on a fortnightly service to do the work of three. Suggestions ranged from laying up the Elizabeth in a sheltered Scottish loch to selling her to the Americans. There are a small number of log books in BT 98 and BT 99. We hold just 10% of the surviving records for this period. Coincidentally, just one week later, the EMPRESS OF CANADA was burnt out in Gladstone Dock at Liverpool. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was now equipped to carry 15,000 troops although the numbers were reduced to 12,000 in the winter months. WebQueen Elizabeth docked at Southampton in 1967. 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. Early in the afternoon of 9th November a large, two-funnelled steamer was sighted, some six to seven miles away. WebQueen Elizabeth docked at Southampton in 1967. All Digitized Passenger Lists For the RMS Queen Elizabeth Available at the GG Archives. The troops would board the, 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. First Armored Infantry Division (15,125 troops, 863 crew). It was proposed that the Cunard Steamship Company and the Oceanic Steamship Company (the White Star Line) would both sell their North Atlantic fleets and assets, including '534', to a new company to be called Cunard - White Star Limited. Seesection 7.2. This cumbersome organisation had involved double-accounting and separate staffing. This would have been the OCEANIC, whose keel was laid at Harland & Wolff's yard in 1928. A model of the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth has sat serenely for the last 15 years, gliding along on its pedestal in a PEM gallery. In the early morning fog of 28th November 1968, the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton for the last time. Many local archives hold the records relating to their local ports. In the foreground are the United States. In spite of the understandable Canadian protestations that they wanted their soldiers to step directly on to Canadian soil, Commodore Bisset recommended that future repatriations should be to either New York or Boston. So it was clear that the ships must be fast, strongly built to face North Atlantic weather, and have a sufficient reserve of power to make up any time lost through bad weather. [10] She was to be eleven feet longer and 4,000 tons greater displacement than her older sibling, Queen Mary. With the forward well deck omitted, a more refined hull shape was achieved, and a sharper, raked bow was added for a third bow-anchor point. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had a heavily raked bow. After 1972 only two 10% samples of crew lists and agreements have been preserved. The QUEEN ELIZABETH approaching the north side of Pier 90 at New York. brides to the United States while Queen Elizabeth was overhauled at the Firth of Clyde Drydock, in Greenock, by the John Brown Shipyard. In December 1974 the decision was taken to scrap the remains of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. The first hint of competition from the airlines came in October 1951 and this resulted in speeding up the turn-round of the 'Queens' in 1952. And so, on 24th June 1945, the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Gourock with her first load of returning G.I.s. By six o'clock the next morning, thirteen tugs had arrived from Southampton, Portsmouth Dockyard and Poole. 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. 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. Her carrying capacity was over 15,000 troops and over 900 crew. 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at anchor at the Tail of the Bank in the Firth, of Clyde as John Brown's workmen transform her from a troopship. 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. They include registers of engagement, articles of agreement, registers of discharge, registers of deserters, and employment history records. At 11.15am the following day the QUEEN ELIZABETH was safely berthed at Port Everglades and the final, often fatal, order on the bridge telegraph was rung to the engine room: 'Finished with Engines'. 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. Recently introduced legislation by the International Maritime Commission also influenced the board's decision. [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. Following his retirement, Sir James was in great demand as a lecturer and one day was telling some schoolchildren of the days when 2,000 lbs of bacon and 32,000 eggs were cooked for breakfast every day. He described it as 'a British understatement with a vengeance, as though the British world of ships and shiplovers looked the other way until she had gone. In an lighter vein, it should not be forgotten that it was a G.I. 1951onwards 'The Times' in its special Cunard - White Star Supplement of 27th September 1938 (the date of the Elizabeth's launch) said that: 'no practicable installation of this type [gyro stabilisers] could possibly be of the slightest use in vessels the size of the QUEEN MARY and QUEEN ELIZABETH to date the safest and easiest crossings are secured by sheer size, coupled with good form design, bilge keels of practicable dimensions and careful experienced seamanship. 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. For another year, her sibling did military service, returning troops and G.I. 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. There was some talk of permanently flooding the bilge and allowing the Queen Elizabeth to rest on the bed of the Intracoastal Waterway in Ft. Lauderdale harbour (Port Everglades) and remain open, but the ship was forced to close in August 1970, after losing money and being declared a fire hazard. Because of the world depression, construction work had not gone very far before it was suspended.. Shuttle, there were six sittings for each of two meals. This, then, is the story of the QUEEN ELIZABETH, the world's largest liner. The majority of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's crew left for home on Cunard's SCYTHIA, leaving just 143 men to form a skeleton crew. In the event the results have been very far from satisfactory, The Board's decision to withdraw the QUEEN ELIZABETH is part of the unrelenting process of facing realities in its determination to put the Company on to a paying basis.". 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. In the late 1990s, the last remains of the wreck were buried during land reclamation for the construction of Container Terminal 9. WebFirst time the Queen Mary carried American troops (8,398 troops, 905 crew). These were installed two, three and five to a tier in every available space and the QUEEN ELIZABETH left San Francisco in a small convoy bound for Sydney with eight thousand troops on board which were needed to bolster Australia's depleted forces until some of her own troops could be recalled from the Middle East. The new liner had a weight on the slipway of 39,400 tons. WebThe Queen Elizabeth is the newest addition to the Cunard Line and made its debut voyage in October 2010. Two stops would be required for refuelling and watering. She did, however, remain all the while under Cunard management with British officers and crew. Like a Greek tragedy the tale of woe gathered force. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy. The QUEEN MARY's post-war refit was completed in the summer of 1947 and on 1st August she joined her larger sister in the long-delayed two-ship Atlantic express ferry service for which they had both been built. RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. Suggestions ranged from laying up the, At a boat drill on 27th February the assembled crew were told of Churchill's order that the ship was to leave British waters. Following the 1854 Merchant Shipping Act, both the master and seaman had to sign a Certificate of Discharge and Character (E-1) on termination of a voyage. Official logs are found with the agreements and crew lists, where they survive. 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. John Brown Image The queen is greeted by Sir Percy Bates of Cunard John Brown Image The front cover of the official launching booklet for the Queen Elizabeth Early in the afternoon of 9th November a large, two-funnelled steamer was sighted, some six to seven miles away. Shuttle'. Captain Townley received two telegrams on his arrival, one from his wife congratulating him, and the other from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth thanking him for the vessel's safe delivery. 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. In May 1930, Cunard began to make tentative enquiries about the possibility of dry-docking facilities at Southampton for its two new superliners. [10] Supposedly, the liner started to slide into the water before the Queen could officially launch her, and acting sharply, she managed to smash a bottle of Australian red over the liner's bow just before it slid out of reach. However, U.S. legislators had another surprise up their sleeve. Sir James Bisset was in command of the QUEEN ELIZABETH for many of these 'shuttle' voyages. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. They demanded 50 per man danger money-cum-bonus, but were given 30 plus 5 per month extra pay. I have agreed in principle." 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. (the French Line) brought out the ILE DE FRANCE in that year, and it was known that it was planning to build a superliner (which would be the NORMANDIE). This would involve a great deal of dredging and the removal of rock outcrops that might hazard the ship's safe progress. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. 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. Honolulu was interested as were the Australians. Shuttle'. By converting water tanks, an additional 1,000 tons of fuel, or about one day's comsumption, could be carried. [6] She was moved to Port Everglades, Florida, and converted to a tourist attraction, which opened in February 1969. The ship's company was brought up to 465 and at 3.30pm on 13th November 1940 the Elizabeth, heavily laden with fuel and water, slipped away from New York and headed south. Sir James Bisset was in command of the QUEEN ELIZABETH for many of these 'shuttle' voyages. TheNational Records of Scotlandholds agreements and crew lists under the reference BT 3, covering 1867-1913, for Scottish ships only. The QUEEN MARY (as '534' became after all the secrecy) was launched nearly six months later on 26th September 1934. 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. Her funnels are 70 feet high from deck level. She would carry 1,800 students plus 800 cruise passengers on world-wide voyages. 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. The records held are for years ending with five (1955, 1965, and so on).https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/research-guides/research-guide-c12-merchant-navy-ship-registration-custom-house-records. You may find a ships Official Number from the following published sources available at The National Archives: See section 3 for more information on how to find a ships number. Neville Chamberlain now had the difficult task of steering the North Atlantic Shipping (Advances) Bill through the tortuous channels of Parliament. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. Then, with the same pair of gold scissors that Queen Mary had used to perform the launching ceremony of her namesake, she cut the red, white and blue ribbon which released the bottle of Empire wine to break, just in time, against the new ship's accelerating bow. Dr Maguire said that he never did find out just who was responsible for that risky mid-ocean mail collecting. Queen Elizabeth leaving New York during her last voyage, 1968. Four years and one day after the launch of the QUEEN MARY, on Tuesday 27th September 1938, Queen Elizabeth, who was Queen Mary's daughter-in-law, consort of her son King George VI, stood at the head of the same slipway on which the QUEEN MARY had been built. Mr Tung's plan (he liked to be called 'C Y') was based on an idea first proposed by U Thant, the Secretary General of the United Nations, that a ship be used for educational purposes whilst spreading goodwill and understanding amongst nations and between different cultures. Plans to tow the liner to Jamaica or Curacao were abandoned and the small Dutch island of Aruba, off the northern Venezuelan coast, was chosen. Promptly at 2.pm on 16th October 1946, the QUEEN ELIZABETH. The highest number that she carried on any one voyage was 15,932 passengers and crew, but the record for the highest number ever carried in one ship goes to the QUEEN MARY with 16,683. Post War Service: Reconditioned for passenger service. WebThe eight ships which were passed into the ownership of the new concern were - ALPS, ANDES, BRITISH QUEEN, DAMASCUS, LEBANON, KARNAK, TENERIFFE and TAURUS. However, Commodore Bisset was not happy with the location of the quay alongside which the Elizabeth was berthed and considered it too exposed should a strong south-east wind blow up; the resulting swell would cause the ship to range back and forth, possibly breaking her moorings. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. Paul earned a Masters of Archival Studies - a terminal degree from Clayton State University in Georgia, where he studied under renowned archivist Richard Pearce-Moses. [11][9], Queen Elizabeth was built on slipway four at John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, Great Britain. The original intention was to moor the QUEEN ELIZABETH off Hog island in the Delaware River. All that required to be done was drydocking in Japan. The following morning, 18th April 1947, she steamed into Southampton - fifty hours late ! and the QUEEN ELIZABETH together at New York on 10th March 1940. Rear Admiral Carruthers Joseph William. dry dock at Southampton for annual overhaul. The speed required for the 112-hour passage on the various tracks used across the Atlantic according to the season would be between 27.61 and 28.94 knots. 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. As soon as the decision to retire the 'Elizabeth' was made public, her cruises and Western Ocean crossings became popular with those who had travelled on and had loved the ship over the kength of her career. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth History Pages. Rear Admiral Carruthers Joseph William. [25] However, the strategy did not prove successful, owing to the ship's deep draught, which prevented her from entering various island ports, her width, which prevented her from using the Panama Canal, and also her high fuel costs. Tonnage: 83,673. [6] The two liners were replaced with the new, more economical Queen Elizabeth 2. On 16th May 1966, just six weeks after completing her overhaul on the Clyde, the QUEEN ELIZABETH became the first major casualty of the strike and was laid up at Southampton. Townley and his hastily signed-on crew of four hundred Cunard personnel were told by a company representative before they left to pack for a voyage where they could be away from home for up to six months.[16]. 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. One detonation was heard. Though it was started it was never finished, due to the economic blizzard in the late 1920s. [15] Parts were shipped to Southampton, and preparations were made to move the ship into the King George V Graving Dock when she arrived. 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. 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. August 2 - 7 First time a complete division was carried on any ship. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, these two events were postponed and Cunard's plans were shattered. Chesney Henry. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. The National Maritime Museum holds 10% of agreements and crew lists for 1951-1976. Commodore Geoffrey Marr compared the departure to the farewell given to the Elizabeth at New York. The vessel was sold to Queen Ltd of Port Everglades on 19 July 1969. The ship sat like a giant beacon in the middle of Clydebank, visible for miles around. As well as state-of-the-art weaponry and communications systems, HMS Queen Elizabeth boasts five gyms, a chapel and a medical centre. 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