Originally vetoing the idea of allowing her portrait to be hung in the ship when the liner was launched, Queen Elizabeth had now relented. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at anchor off Nassau, Bahamas. For example, for a ship with the number 25820, search using 258* (include the asterisk) as your keyword. The two sets operated independently so that for a moderate roll only one set needed to be used. This shipping empire was owned by a Mr C.Y. [12] The interiors were designed by a team of artists headed by the architect George Grey Wornum. 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. 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 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. This, it is stated, is the largest number carried in any transatlantic ship during the year and gives an average of 1,593 passengers in each sailing. The prospect to Cunard was just too daunting, and contributed greatly to the decision to dispose of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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 world's three largest liners were together for the first and, as events were to prove, the last time. 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. Kessler always maintained that the ship was the QUEEN ELIZABETH. [16] As passenger numbers declined, the liners became uneconomic to operate in the face of rising fuel and labour costs. Cunard's appropriated pilot, Captain Bowyer, was not available as he was 'fogbound' on another vessel. 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. The American liner made 44 Atlantic crossings and carried 70,104 passengers in 1955. Recently introduced legislation by the International Maritime Commission also influenced the board's decision. 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 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. 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. [21] After her trials Queen Elizabeth finally entered passenger service, allowing Cunard White Star to launch the long-planned two-ship weekly service to New York. The outcome was the Cunard (Insurance) Act, passed in December 1930. 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. Not until the, Steam was raised on all boilers on 1st March. A form known as a Schedule C was completed by the master of every Foreign Going Ship, filed within 48 hours of the ships return to a UK port. Additional competition in the form of the new UNITED STATES would also be a factor from mid 1952. The submarine dived and the captain identified the ship as the QUEEN ELIZABETH. her summer overhaul in the King George V dry dock. The QUEEN MARY and the QUEEN ELIZABETH met for the last time when they were both at sea. To identify records held in local archives, searchour catalogueand refine your results using the filters. 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. Questions were soon asked in Parliament as to what possible use the two Cunard leviathans could be in wartime. On being told that she should not leave the yacht's helm unattended, she shouted that she had gone below to boil some milk! 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. It was decided to steam her all the way and a Chinese crew was flownto Florida, along with workers from Mr Tung's own shipyard. All Digitized Passenger Lists For the RMS Queen Elizabeth Available at the GG Archives. Another obvious difference between the two ships was the lack of a forward well deck on the new QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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. There were only five dry docks in the world which could accommodate the Elizabeth. Captain Ford then stopped the engines to avoid sucking silt into the underwater inlets. Queen Elizabeth's 'cherished wish' that she might someday sail in the liner was fulfilled in October 1954 when, by now Queen Mother, she embarked at the beginning of a tour to the United States and Canada. There was now no hope of her entering service as the jewel of the British merchant marine. Looking astern over the cabin-class sports deck. shipyard, bound for the Tail of the Bank off Greenock. Chesney Henry. Years indicate year of entry into Cunard service. The ELIZABETH (the prefix 'Queen' was dropped at Cunard's request) was opened to the public on 14th February 1969. Mildenhall Wilfred Charles. Within each box the lists are randomly arranged. (from an original painting by Robert Lloyd). The experiment lasted three voyages before the bandits were given a dishonourable discharge. She would then have been remembered as the fine working ship that she undoubtedly was. TheNational Records of Scotlandholds agreements and crew lists under the reference BT 3, covering 1867-1913, for Scottish ships only. As required by law, Commodore Bisset obligingly raised the Cunarder's recognition flags 'G B S S'. after a visit to the Liverpool Cruise Terminal. -__________________________________________________________, 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). The work, Cunard estimated, would cost 750,000. Queen Elizabeth with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. But the QUEEN ELIZABETH made only 38 crossings and yet carried 66,000 passengers, giving a average of 1,752. With the aid of two local tugs the liner finally put down two anchors some six miles off Oranjestad, Aruba. They demanded 50 per man danger money-cum-bonus, but were given 30 plus 5 per month extra pay. 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. 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. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, these two events were postponed and Cunard's plans were shattered. On board was the ship's namesake, Queen Elizabeth, and her two daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. 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. 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. ', Sir Percy Bates stressed that the new QUEEN ELIZABETH, 'would be no slavish copy of her sister, the QUEEN MARY', In this photograph the QUEEN MARY is undertaking her speed. Some two thirds of Cunard's passengers crossed the Atlantic on holiday: hence the company's slogan 'Getting there is half the fun'. She did, however, remain all the while under Cunard management with British officers and crew. 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. dry dock at Southampton for annual overhaul. The BREMEN's triumphant return to Hamburg after. Four days later she arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with 12,517 passengers and 864 crew. The view from the top of the shipyard crane of the. These essentially distinguished between ships sailing in waters around Britain (home) and those sailing further afield (foreign). The market could only assume 2,700,000 of the risk. sails up the Hudson (the North River) to her berth at Pier 90. Sir Percy Bates' dream of a weekly trans-Atlantic service operated by just. Like a Greek tragedy the tale of woe gathered force. (The QUEEN MARY had been ship number 534). In late 1968, Queen Elizabeth was sold to the Elizabeth Corporation, with 15% of the company controlled by a group of Philadelphia businessmen and 85% retained by Cunard. On 26th October 1958 the first American commercial jet took off for Paris and a whole new era was born. 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. Captain Townley discovered that he was to take the ship directly to New York in the then neutral United States without stopping, or even slowing to drop off the Southampton harbour pilot who had embarked on at Clydebank, and to maintain strict radio silence. 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. This also suffered from low bookings and became known as the. [14] The ship was then sent for fitting out. In late 1968, Queen Elizabeth was sold to the Elizabeth Corporation, with 15% of the company controlled by a group of Philadelphia businessmen and 85% retained by Cunard. On her next voyage, the week before the maiden voyage of the UNITED STATES, the QUEEN ELIZABETH averaged 31.09 knots for one day's run. It is therefore possible, for example, to find records of deaths of soldiers and prisoners of war returning on ships from the Boer War. Digitized Passenger ListsOceanic to Ryndam. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. We can either copy our records onto paper or deliver them to you digitally, Visit us in Kew to see original documents or view online records for free, Consider paying for 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. finally arrives at Hong Kong on 15th July 1971. The 'Queens' experienced many difficulties when navigating the Solent due to yacht manoeuvres. Mildenhall Wilfred Charles. 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. 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. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. 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. It is comparatively short - a long weekend by the express steamers or six and a half hours by air. [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. 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. It was controlled simply by the necessity to provide sufficient passenger accommodation and propulsion to operate a two-ship weekly express service across the North Atlantic. 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. The main record series for muster books isBT 98. To find the right range for your ship you will need to search using the first two or three digits of the number. 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. Passengers: 850 first, 720 cabin, 744 tourist. For a short time the Queen Elizabeth, now under the command of Commodore Geoffrey Trippleton Marr attempted a dual role in order to become more profitable; when not plying her usual transatlantic route, which she now alternated in her sailings with the French Line's SS France, the ship cruised between New York and Nassau. The Cunard Line carried 177,547 passengers across the North Atlantic in 1961, 30,000 below the previous year's total. [15] CPO. 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. All these record series are indexed on theRecord Search database. 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. A fortnight later, on 21st March 1940, the QUEEN MARY slipped quietly away: her work as a troop transport was about to begin. 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. The result brightened up the ship considerably after the years of drabness. 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. The C.G.T. This was known as a 'degaussing' coil. For instance, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was out of service from 21st July to 30th July 1952 and this included six days in the King George V dry dock. Because of a strike by New York tugboat men there was a possibility that the QUEEN ELIZABETH would be diverted to Halifax. On August Bank Holiday, 1950, a yacht cruised across the fairway in the track of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. This will findBT 98/6795which covers ships numbers 25801-25834 for the year 1860. The GG Archives is the work and passion of two people, Paul Gjenvick, a professional archivist, and Evelyne Gjenvick, a curator. 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. In all, 2,228 passengers had booked passage on the QUEEN ELIZABETH's maiden voyage. They begin to appear amongst the records from 1852 onwards; many have been destroyed; usually only those recording a birth or death have survived. In addition the QUEEN ELIZABETH's last master (Commodore Geoffrey Marr) and chief engineer (Mr Ted Philip) received invitations to come out of retirement and rejoin their old ship for the voyage. Each fin had an outreach of 12 feet 6 inches and was 7 feet 3 inches wide. With flight time cut from twelve to less than seven hours, the lure was irresistible. 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 GGA Image ID # 1d3753c0c2, RMS Queen Elizabeth Tourist Class Stateroom. Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel without a convoy. The first-class main lounge on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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. 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. 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. Lady Assistant Pursers were introduced on the Cunard liners after the, Second World War. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was not successful as a cruise ship. The QUEEN ELIZABETH slips away from John Brown's shipyard. A bid of $3.2 million (1.3 million at 1969 rates of exchange) was made by the Island Navigation Company of Hong Kong. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. David Bowes-Lyon, had recently been appointed to the Board of Cunard and had arranged for Sir Oswald Birley to paint the portrait which was hung in the first-class main lounge. Although the 'Queens' could easily manage 27 or 28 knots, they were reduced to the convoy's common speed of around 20 knots. The QUEEN ELIZABETH leaving Clydebank on 26th February 1940. 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. Alternatively, browseBT 98/564-4758to view all the ports covered for this period and the alphabetical ranges of ships for each port. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had now been in the water for over two years since her launch on 27th September 1938. In 1951 the 'Queens' sailed from Southampton every 15 or 17 days, but the 1952 schedules show each liner sailing everyfourteen days, enabling fifteen round voyages to be made between May and October compared with just eleven in 1951. In the early morning fog of 28th November 1968, the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton for the last time. This left only Singapore and the QUEEN ELIZABETH would have to make two stops to take on fuel and water on her voyage from New York. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH). Half-yearly crew lists for ships on home voyages (Schedule D) AB. 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Chamberlain was also convinced of the tremendous importance from a prestige point of view of new large British ships steaming into New York harbour. (The QUEEN MARY had been ship number 534). At first it was proposed that work on the, Questions were soon asked in Parliament as to what possible use the two Cunard leviathans could be in wartime. Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. For the two meals a day that were provided there were six sittings, each of forty-five minutes. The Directors decided that work must stop on No.534 - the QUEEN MARY - at noon on Friday 11th December 1931. Her brother, the Hon. The ship sat like a giant beacon in the middle of Clydebank, visible for miles around. On her maiden voyage in 1928, the German liner BREMEN captured, the Blue Riband of the North Atlantic, crossing from the Bishop Rock. However, because of the prestigious nature of the, On 14th April 1947 the QUEEN ELIZABETH was homeward bound and after leaving Cherbourg encountered thick fog in the Channel. Just after midnight on 25th September 1967 the two 'Queens' passed each other in mid-Atlantic, the QUEEN MARY makingher final eastbound transatlantic crossing. 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'. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at full speed in the North Atlantic. Another essential rule was that each man, regardless of rank, should wear or carry his lifebelt when outside his cabin at all times. WebThe eight ships which were passed into the ownership of the new concern were - ALPS, ANDES, BRITISH QUEEN, DAMASCUS, LEBANON, KARNAK, TENERIFFE and TAURUS. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was However, a labour force from the Todd Shipyard at Brooklyn had been contracted to further the completion of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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. On 5th April 1968 Cunard announced its decision. Rodaway Thomas. It is estimated that around 4050% of the wreck was still on the seabed. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was reported as being in excellent shape with her engines in tip-top condition. [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. In 1959, the ship made an appearance in the British satirical comedy film The Mouse That Roared, starring Peter Sellers and Jean Seberg. The QUEEN ELIZABETH making her final arrival at Southampton at the. Altogether the QUEEN ELIZABETH made 35 round voyages across the North Atlantic on the 'G.I. 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. 09:00 to 17:00. Steam turbines. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at the anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. 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. It was just over thirty years since she had launched the ship at Clydebank. The QUEEN ELIZABETH entering the King George V Dry Dock. 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 fewer crossings were due to the Elizabeth's extended overhaul during which stabilisers were fitted, and if she had made her usual 44 crossings then the results might have been very different. 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 new centrally-placed companionway is in place in this photo and there's a repaint where the ladders once were. She then stopped for a few minutes before proceeding on her way. When Cunard requested that the Americans send over an inspector to approve the improvement work as it progressed, the authorities declined. Two masts and two funnels. 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.' Neville Chamberlain now had the difficult task of steering the North Atlantic Shipping (Advances) Bill through the tortuous channels of Parliament. A major problem to be settled concerned the insurance of the liner while she was being built, together with the future full sea risks when she was operational. Bdmn. 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. With Japan and the United States entering the war after the debacle of Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was laid up at Sydney for seven weeks. 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