Be that as it may, John Thorneycroft's staff at Southampton were set a formidable task with the QUEEN ELIZABETH's overhaul in January 1953. Just after midnight on 25th September 1967 the two, 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. While a troupe of invading men from "Grand Fenwick", a fictional European micro-nation, cross the Atlantic to 'war' with the United States, they meet and pass the far larger Queen Elizabeth, and learn that the port of New York is closed due to an air raid drill. 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. In January 1957 the Cunard Line announced that it had carried 275,500 passengers across the Atlantic in 1956, an increase of 16,500 over its 1955 carryings. Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel without a convoy. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at anchor at the Tail of the Bank off Gourock. Queen Elizabeth and her daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret joined the QUEEN ELIZABETH for the trials on 7th October. The weather was moderate and only slight natural rolling occurred so the liner was force-rolled and the stabilisers immediately became effective. For almosr five years John Brown & Company had carried on a correspondence with the Clyde Navigation Trust dealing with the safe navigation of the liner on her one and only journey to the open sea. With the decline in popularity of the transatlantic route, both ships were replaced by the smaller, more economical Queen Elizabeth 2, which made her maiden voyage in 1969. Tonnage: 83,673. Just over 400 crew (mostly from the AQUITANIA) had joined the QUEEN ELIZABETH at Clydebank, under the command of Captain Jack Townley, signing Articles for a short coastwise voyage which would ostensibly terminate at Southampton where a hurriedly prepared dry-docking plan had been received by the port authority. This meant that the crew had to re-sign on foreign-going Articles. [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. That evening the crew was paid off and just 193 were retained to take the, In the early morning fog of 28th November 1968, the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton for the last time. ', 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. 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. 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. By six o'clock the next morning, thirteen tugs had arrived from Southampton, Portsmouth Dockyard and Poole. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was embedded in mud to a point just below the bridge. Eight days later the 'slow boat to China' arrived at Hong Kong. The world's three largest liners were together for the first and, as events were to prove, the last time. A fortnight later, on Monday 20th August 1945, the QUEEN ELIZABETH arrived in Southampton for the first time - four and a half years late. The river was also widened in places, especially at Dalmuir where the QUEEN MARY had grounded for many anxious seconds as she proceeded to the Tail of the Bank. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Whilst in Singapore many of the crew frequented a pub called the 'Pig and Whistle'. Cunard's finances were in a very strong state whilst those of White Star were very poor. 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. Rodaway Thomas. It was out of the question for the. He wrote in his private diary: Towards the end of June 1936, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, the Chancellor Neville Chamberlain said: 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. From there she sailed to Simonstown (Cape Town) where German prisoners of war boarded, heading for internment in the United States. The dock would have to be 124 feet wide at its entrance and have a minimum depth of 40 feet. The following year the wreck was deemed an obstruction to shipping in the area, and in 1974 and 1975 was partially scrapped on site. A southbound run produced a speed of 29.75 knots. They are (left to right). Shuttle', her first such voyage leaving New York for the Clyde on 5th June 1942. There are usually several boxes of records for each port of registry, each box containing an alphabetical range of ships names. Sir Basil Smallpiece said: Like a Greek tragedy the tale of woe gathered force. The majority of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's crew left for home on Cunard's SCYTHIA, leaving just 143 men to form a skeleton crew. 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. Apparently the torpedo had exploded well away from the ship. On the orders of the neutral American government (in accordance with the Geneva Convention), only maintenance or construction work of a non-beligerent nature could be carried out on the liners moored along the New York waterfront. The Elizabeth's final round voyage to New York left Southampton on 23rd October 1968. On 8th September 1951 the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton on her 100th round voyage to New York since she entered passenger service in October 1946. The salvage attempt at the first suitable high tide failed and the, The QUEEN ELIZABETH never enjoyed the same affection that the Cunard men held for the QUEEN MARY, being described as the 'colder' of the two ships. Cunard's appropriated pilot, Captain Bowyer, was not available as he was 'fogbound' on another vessel. 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 National Maritime Museum read the museumsMerchant Navy research guidefor advice on how to search for records there. The QUEEN ELIZABETH approaching her wartime anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. Search by name of ship inBT 100for the agreements and crew lists of a selection of celebrated ships. Top to bottom: the MAURETANIA, the NORMANDIE, the QUEEN MARY. 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. [10] She was to be eleven feet longer and 4,000 tons greater displacement than her older sibling, Queen Mary. This was simply a record of the total number of crew (known as a muster roll), but it evolved into what are known as crew lists and agreements. Oil was gradually seeping from her ruptured fuel tanks and an inflated boom was floated round the hulk to contain it. It occurred one day out of Ceylon and Dr Maguire remembered waking suddenly because the engines were slowing down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, ____________________________________________________, "The great solid block that is the headquarters of the Cunard Steamship Company stands on the Liverpool waterfront, beaten by the wind and the rain, bleached by the sun, facing the grey-brown waters of the River Mersey. Parker Pen Company produced a special edition of 5,000 pens made from material recovered from the wreck, each in a presentation box; today these are highly collectible.[35]. 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. Her brother, the Hon. 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. Bisset was under strict instructions from Sir Percy Bates, who was also aboard the trials, that all that was required from the ship was two measured runs of no more than 30 knots and that she was not permitted to attempt to attain a higher speed record than Queen Mary. The ships would have to run without repairs for eleven months of the year. Looking astern over the cabin-class sports deck. The fins were retractable into the hull to save fuel in smooth seas and for docking. The following morning, 18th April 1947, she steamed into Southampton - fifty hours late ! All twelve boilers had been reconditioned and her four engines thoroughly overhauled. 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. 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. There was no one on deck, but when the yacht was hailed an old lady appeared from below. The Americans wanted the work to be completed and then for the, The QUEEN MARY and the QUEEN ELIZABETH met for the last time when they were both at sea. Following the First World War, Germany was building up her passenger fleet from 'scratch' in an era of new developments. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at full speed in the North Atlantic. Coincidentally, just one week later, the EMPRESS OF CANADA was burnt out in Gladstone Dock at Liverpool. In 1972, whilst she was undergoing refurbishment in Hong Kong harbour, a fire broke out aboard under unexplained circumstances, and the ship was capsized by the water used to fight the fire. 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 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. Further details of available sources are described in: In 1747, following an Act of Parliament, a fund for the relief of disabled seamen was set up, using money taken from seamens wages. Crew lists and agreements were either for foreign voyages or foreign trade or home voyages or home trade. Originally vetoing the idea of allowing her portrait to be hung in the ship when the liner was launched, Queen Elizabeth had now relented. Great steps forward were being made in both these fields. 09:00 to 17:00. In an lighter vein, it should not be forgotten that it was a G.I. REINA DEL MAR PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION CO. A Schedule D form was headed Accounts Of Voyages And Crew For Home Trade Ship. Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel without a convoy. The QUEEN ELIZABETH sets off on her 'secret' dash to New York. Within each box the lists are randomly arranged. Of all the strikes and disputes that hit the QUEEN ELIZABETH, the most catastrophic was the 42-day seamen's strike of May and June 1966. 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. The Japanese wanted her for a marine science museum in time for the 1970 Tokyo World Fair. 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. The dock could be emptied of its 180,000 tons of water in four hours. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385. Sir Percy Bates told the Southern Railway that it was a question of. The records contain details of UK merchant seamen who served on the ships. In the centre, on the south side of Pier 90, is the QUEEN MARY, and across. 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