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 Listing Includes Date Voyage Began, Steamship Line, Vessel, Passenger Class and Route. Four torpedoes were fired and the U-Boat followed their course. 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: "I name this ship QUEEN ELIZABETH and wish success to all who sail in her." 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. 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. The King's Messenger was awaited as he would bring the order to sail. Top to bottom: the MAURETANIA, the NORMANDIE, the QUEEN MARY. To ensure that good progress was maintained during construction, the General and Shipyard Managers met all the departmental head foremen at the gangway every Friday. Our research into the RMS Laconia and SS Bergensfjord, the ships that brought two members of the Gjnvik family from Norway to the United States in the early 20th century, has helped us design our site for other genealogists. 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. 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. On Sunday 9th January 1972, three fires started simultaneously on board. To a post-war Britain she was to become what the, The QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton on 30th March 1946 and arrived and anchored off Greenock the following day. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, these two events were postponed and Cunard's plans were shattered. From there she sailed to Simonstown (Cape Town) where German prisoners of war boarded, heading for internment in the United States. There were only five dry docks in the world which could accommodate the, 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. [6] This proved to be problematic, for the ship's engines and boilers were in poor condition after several years of neglect. The QUEEN ELIZABETH leaving Clydebank on 26th February 1940. Promptly at 2.pm on 16th October 1946, the QUEEN ELIZABETH. REINA DEL PACIFICO PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION. During this time, and for a while after, she was under American control through a lend-lease agreement. Since the Registry General of Shipping and seamen regulations covered only British seamen, details of engagement, such as length of engagement, could be different, allowing a lascar seaman to be contracted for a period longer than one voyage and sometimes for several years. Sir Basil Smallpiece said: "Although the QUEEN MARY's retirement at the end of 1967 had long been forecast, it had been hoped that the results of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's cruise programme last winter would confirm the viability of the Company's plan to keep her in service when the 'Q.4' [launched as the QUEEN ELIZABETH 2] comes along in 1969. WebFirst time the Queen Mary carried American troops (8,398 troops, 905 crew). 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. In the centre, on the south side of Pier 90, is the QUEEN MARY, and across. 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. Only a little fuel remained after the transatlantic crossing, but a barge moved alongside to take it off as necessary. 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. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. The QUEEN ELIZABETH in dry dock at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, BC. 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. At a boat drill on 27th February the assembled crew were told of Churchill's order that the ship was to leave British waters. 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. Gregg William. This also suffered from low bookings and became known as the 'Ghost Ship Voyage'. Though it was started it was never finished, due to the economic blizzard in the late 1920s. 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. Internally the condensers and oil cooler inlets were cleared of shells and gravel. The QUEEN ELIZABETH making her final arrival at Southampton at the. The Cunard policy of the two-ship express service was thoroughly sound and at the same time economic. They would follow the natural progression of developments then taking place in marine engineering and in naval architecture. 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. One week later work resumed on '534'. Five days, nine hours and 3,127 nautical miles after leaving the Tail of the Bank, the QUEEN ELIZABETH passed the Ambrose Channel Light Vessel off New York and picked up her pilot. The Elizabeth's final round voyage to New York left Southampton on 23rd October 1968. The, On 8th November the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed on a 'Farewell Cruise' to Las Palmas and Gibraltar, and was back at Southampton on 15th November. The maiden voyage had been arranged to depart from Southampton on 16th October 1946. Despite the effectiveness of the new stabilisers to minimise rolling, nothing could be done to reduce the pitching. In the event 600 tubes had to be changed and approval obtained from classification societies. 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. 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. 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. A Schedule D form was headed Accounts Of Voyages And Crew For Home Trade Ship. WebAll surviving agreements and crew lists with their logbooks are held by The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. By six o'clock the next morning, thirteen tugs had arrived from Southampton, Portsmouth Dockyard and Poole. The QUEEN ELIZABETH's final season on the Atlantic was uneventful other than for the enthusiasm expressed by her regular passengers who wanted to sail in her just one last time. The route between America and Europe had characteristics very different from others, said Colonel Bates. To many, her appearance must have come as a bit of a surprise for no longer was she in pristine Cunard paintwork of black hull and white superstructure, but she had been completely repainted in dull uniform Admiralty grey. Dr Maguire recalled that the cruiser HMAS SYDNEY had been sunk by the German KORMORAN without a single survivor only a few days before, not far from the present position. 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. An elaborate ruse suggested to any German observers that she would sail to Southampton to complete her fitting-out. In September 1959 an announcement was made to the effect that an independent committee of three, headed by Lord Chandos, had been set up to examine the Cunard Company's proposals for replacing the 'Queens'. In the early morning fog of 28th November 1968, the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton for the last time. 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. Flt.Lt. Suddenly there was a crash of breaking timbers and No.552, on her own volition, started on her un-named journey towards the Clyde. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth History Pages. Eventually both the House of Commons and the House of Lords voted and the Bill was passed on 27th March 1934. From there she sailed to Simonstown (Cape Town) where German prisoners of war boarded, heading for internment in the United States. Passengers: 850 first, 720 cabin, 744 tourist. The minimum rate for each cruise would be $185 or 66. The Cunard Line carried 177,547 passengers across the North Atlantic in 1961, 30,000 below the previous year's total. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. The QUEEN ELIZABETH in the Firth of Clyde (Inchgreen), The QUEEN ELIZABETH passing the Cloch Lighthouse. Archive British Pathe film footage of the launch can be viewed by logging on to: < British Pathe The Queen launches the QUEEN ELIZABETH 1938 >, The QUEEN ELIZABETH enters the waters of the River Clyde, The crowds at John Brown's shipyard at the launch, The QUEEN ELIZABETH is towed round to the fitting-out basin at, John Brown's shipyard, following her successful launch. the dock from her, on the north side of Pier 88, is the NORMANDIE. 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. This was a subsidiary of the giant Orient Overseas Line which would be the ship's actual owner and operator. The QUEEN ELIZABETH dominates a cricket match during. There were four fins, two on either side of the ship. 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. on her departure from the Clyde on 12th March 1966. They demanded 50 per man danger money-cum-bonus, but were given 30 plus 5 per month extra pay. They include registers of engagement, articles of agreement, registers of discharge, registers of deserters, and employment history records. Towards the end of 1940 additional seamen arrived on board the QUEEN ELIZABETH, having travelled from Halifax, N.S. 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. It was eventually decided to send the QUEEN ELIZABETH to Canada for drydocking at Esquimalt. The QUEEN ELIZABETH arrived back in the Clyde on 4th December 1965 and entered the Firth of Clyde dry dock at Greenock on 9th December. These agreements had to be filed within 24 hours of the ships return to a UK port. Honolulu was interested as were the Australians. Other than for Southampton's Albion Band, the quayside was almost bereft of well-wishers. 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. These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. This was designed so that the Government would assume responsibility of the risk of the ship's insurance value over and above the amount which the market could absorb. In all, 2,228 passengers had booked passage on the QUEEN ELIZABETH's maiden voyage. 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.". Whilst in Singapore many of the crew frequented a pub called the, After leaving Singapore the QUEEN ELIZABETH headed for Sydney. 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. Use the search box contained withinBT 98to search by ships Official Number and date. 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. The Elizabeth sailed at 8.pm. This cumbersome organisation had involved double-accounting and separate staffing. Reliable boilers would have to be chosen as there would be no opportunity for boiler cleaning in port. 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. The world's three largest liners were together for the first and, as events were to prove, the last time. '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. It was not only the declining fortunes of Cunard's passenger business which threatened the fleet of which the QUEEN ELIZABETH was still the flagship. All these quickly spread, fanned carried by the ample supply of air coming into the ship through the open shell doors. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was Together with Queen Mary and in competition with the American liners SSUnited States and SSAmerica, Queen Elizabeth dominated the transatlantic passenger trade until their fortunes began to decline with the advent of the faster and more economical jet airliner in the late 1950s. After her launch the QUEEN ELIZABETH was towed round to the fitting-out berth where she would remain for the next sixteen months. 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. There were only five dry docks in the world which could accommodate the Elizabeth. The QUEEN MARY (as '534' became after all the secrecy) was launched nearly six months later on 26th September 1934. 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 work, Cunard estimated, would cost 750,000. Her secret sailing was under British Government regulations, so as to lessen the danger of being sunk by the Germans. The QUEEN MARY's arch rival on the North Atlantic - the French Line's superb NORMANDIE - was studied in detail. 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. 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 waiting for the messenger, the ship was refuelled; adjustments to the compass and some final testing of equipment were also carried out before she sailed to her secret destination. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. 1951onwards The Mercantile Marine Act of 1850 required ships masters to also keep a log book to record events on board a ship, which included seamens conduct. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had an unexpected stowaway in 1959. Not until the, Steam was raised on all boilers on 1st March. Great steps forward were being made in both these fields. Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1947, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1965, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1972, RMS Queen Elizabeth from Victory to Valhalla. This enabled a third anchor, the bower, to be carried allowing the anchr to fall well clear of the stem. Breakfast was from 6.30am until 11.am; and dinner from 3.pm to 7.30pm. Another obvious difference between the two ships was the lack of a forward well deck on the new QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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. Queen Elizabeth and her daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret joined the QUEEN ELIZABETH for the trials on 7th October. 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. Many local archives hold the records relating to their local ports. When he asked for questions, one boy shot up his arm and asked: In November 1942, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was involved in an incident that still remains the subject of much speculation. Ships did not have an official number before 1855. Dimensions, 987' x 118' 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. [12] The interiors were designed by a team of artists headed by the architect George Grey Wornum. 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. The American liner made 44 Atlantic crossings and carried 70,104 passengers in 1955. There was now no hope of her entering service as the jewel of the British merchant marine. WebThe National Records of Scotland holds agreements and crew lists under the reference BT 3, covering 1867-1913, for Scottish ships only. 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. WW2 Service: Throughout World War II she served as a very valuable troopship, completing the long period of duty in March 1946. Sanders Samuel Donald . -__________________________________________________________, 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 QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton on 30th March 1946 and arrived and anchored off Greenock the following day. 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'. Oil was gradually seeping from her ruptured fuel tanks and an inflated boom was floated round the hulk to contain it. The QUEEN MARY had left Southampton on 30th August 1939 on a liner voyage to New York with 2,328 passengers and remained there after her safe arrival, lying alongside Cunard's Pier 90. The dock would have to be 124 feet wide at its entrance and have a minimum depth of 40 feet. Over the next three days the ship took on eighteen of her twenty-six lifeboats. This would take at least an hour plus many miles, and this would not have allowed her to stop within Kessler's observation. The small vessel's skipper hoisted a flag signal: Because of a strike by New York tugboat men there was a possibility that the QUEEN ELIZABETH would be diverted to Halifax. 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. [28], The ship was destroyed by the fire, and the water sprayed on her by fireboats caused the burnt wreck to sink in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. How much more dignified it would have been to have broken the ship up in 1968. Quadruple-screw, 31 knots. 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. The National Maritime Museum read the museumsMerchant Navy research guidefor advice on how to search for records there. Dimensions, 987' x 118' This awe-inspiring warship is capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft. two express steamers became a reality in August, 1947. There are a small number of log books in BT 98 and BT 99. Sir James Bisset was in command of the QUEEN ELIZABETH for many of these 'shuttle' voyages. These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger Lists 1947-1954 RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. During the turnround in New York on her second G.I. The new company intended to operate the ship as a hotel and tourist attraction in Port Everglades, Florida, similar to the planned use of Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH) at Cape Town, on 14th June 1971, on passage to Hong Kong. One detonation was heard. A bid of $3.2 million (1.3 million at 1969 rates of exchange) was made by the Island Navigation Company of Hong Kong. It is said that ship repairers always complain that shipowners never give them long enough to complete annual overhauls. In addition, the following types of lists were introduced used between 1835 until 1856: Agreements for Foreign Going or Foreign Trade ships (Schedule A) ", The promenade deck main square on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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. It is comparatively short - a long weekend by the express steamers or six and a half hours by air. each day in the QUEEN ELIZABETH's first-class restaurant. Speed varied between 7 and 11 knots, with the higher speed using 300 tons of oil per day. 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. On 27th March 1955 the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed down the Channel as far as the Lizard to test the new stabilisers. At 3.pm the liner commenced her northward run over the Arran measured mile and covered the course in 2 minutes 1.3 seconds which gave an average speed of 29.71 knots. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at full speed in the North Atlantic. Kessler always maintained that the ship was the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Costing almost twice as much as the, Sir Percy Bates had wisely waited for anticipated developments in boiler design to occur. 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) Commodore Geoffrey Marr compared the departure to the farewell given to the Elizabeth at New York. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. 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. It was out of the question for the. With flight time cut from twelve to less than seven hours, the lure was irresistible. The unreliability of statistics - or should it be said the ability to interpret them in several ways - is illustrated in the case of the UNITED STATES and the QUEEN ELIZABETH. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. Commenced her first regular Southampton-New York voyage, October 16, 1946, making the crossing in four days, 16 hours, 18 minutes. The two-funnelled MAURETANIA and the, SYLVANIA are berthed at Pier 92. She was back in New York on 19th August to begin her regular G.I. Six years of war service had never permitted the formal sea trials to take place, so they were now finally undertaken. 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. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385 Queen Elizabeth (1940) Cunard Line Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. She did, however, remain all the while under Cunard management with British officers and crew. That is quite sufficient to ensure her a place in the story of Liverpool ships. After a call at Rio de Janeiro, the Elizabeth finally arrived inNew York to begin what became known as the 'G.I. The QUEEN ELIZABETH slips away from John Brown's shipyard. Note: Largest ship built to date. [9][10] It was announced that on 23 August 1939 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were to visit the ship and tour the engine room and that 24 April 1940 was to be the proposed date of her maiden voyage. By midnight on 9th January the fire had burnt through five decks and the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY had developed a starboard list of 17 degrees, the start of a slow and unstoppable capsize. 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. Like a Greek tragedy the tale of woe gathered force. 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