Portions of the hull that were not salvaged were left at the bottom of the bay. 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 first stop was at Trinidad where she rendezvoused with a tanker five miles off Port of Spain. 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. 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. For another year, her sibling did military service, returning troops and G.I. 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. She would carry 1,800 students plus 800 cruise passengers on world-wide voyages. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at the anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. 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. All these record series are indexed on theRecord Search database. Artificial flowers were tried with the result that the company was inundated with complaints and Cunard rapidly re-introduced fresh flowers at a cost (in the late 1950s) of 850 per voyage. A few muster rolls survive in other record series. The work, Cunard estimated, would cost 750,000. Security was paramount at all times, but one particular breach was recalled by Dr Maguire, the surgeon on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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. Sir James Bisset was in command of the QUEEN ELIZABETH for many of these 'shuttle' voyages. Neville Chamberlain now had the difficult task of steering the North Atlantic Shipping (Advances) Bill through the tortuous channels of Parliament. In December 1974 the decision was taken to scrap the remains of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. CPO. However, a labour force from the Todd Shipyard at Brooklyn had been contracted to further the completion of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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. By six o'clock the next morning, thirteen tugs had arrived from Southampton, Portsmouth Dockyard and Poole. Despite the effectiveness of the new stabilisers to minimise rolling, nothing could be done to reduce the pitching. In late 1961 Cunard installed fruit machines (popularly known as one-armed bandits) on the QUEEN ELIZABETH and was immediately criticised for resorting to such a revenue-producing device on a luxury liner of this class. Work on the QUEEN ELIZABETH proceeded rapidly and by February 1937 Colvilles were supplying steel to Clydebank for this ship at the rate of 500 tons a week. 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 National Archives of Australia has a large number of record series concerning ships crews and the merchant navy. The charred remnants of her last ensign were cut from the flagpole and framed in 1972, and still adorn the wall of the officers' mess of marine police HQ in Hong Kong. Chesney Henry. WebThe eight ships which were passed into the ownership of the new concern were - ALPS, ANDES, BRITISH QUEEN, DAMASCUS, LEBANON, KARNAK, TENERIFFE and TAURUS. The loyalty that she was given by her crew, the lifeblood of any ship, was reflected in the service given to her passengers who patronised the ship in vast numbers time and time again. The continuing popularity of the ', The general assumption that the replacements for the ', 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. 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. When he asked for questions, one boy shot up his arm and asked: "How big were the frying pans?" This had been included on the, The QUEEN ELIZABETH's bow, unlike that of the, As a triumphant fanfare to the launch of the QUEEN ELIZABETH, the. Cunard faced formidable competiion in the shape of the brand new liner FRANCE and the UNITED STATES operating a weekly integrated transatlantic service. On 27th March 1955 the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed down the Channel as far as the Lizard to test the new stabilisers. There was great complacency in the Cunard boardroom: people would always prefer to cross the ocean by liner, and preferably by Cunard ! WebThe Queen Elizabeth is the newest addition to the Cunard Line and made its debut voyage in October 2010. 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. her summer overhaul in the King George V dry dock. WebAll surviving agreements and crew lists with their logbooks are held by The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. 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. I have recently uploaded three videos on to 'YouTube' about, Cunard Line QUEEN ELIZABETH of 1938, Part 1 [30 minutes], Cunard Line QUEEN ELIZABETH of 1938, Part 2 [30 minutes], Arrivals & DeparturesQueen Elizabeth Southampton 1950 [20 minutes], To view these, log on to 'You Tube', and enter into the search box. 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. 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 Singapore facility was no longer available). In writing to Cammell Laird, Sir Percy said that he was not entirely confident that it could deal with such a large ship and that in particular they might not be able to move the ship into their fitting-out basin. 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. Sir Percy Bates said that he liked to think that the Queens had, by their troop carrying capacities, shortened the war by a whole year. The fewer crossings were due to the, At the Cunard Steamship Company's Annual General Meeting held on 28th May 1959, the Chairman Colonel Denis Bates speculated on how the world would be travelling in the future. She first entered service in February 1940 as a troopship in the Second World War, and it was not until October 1946 that she served in her intended role as an ocean liner. 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. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger Lists 1947-1954 RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. 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. Sir Percy Bates told Commodore Bisset: "We do not expect you to attempt to make speed records either on the trials or on the maiden voyage. [16] During her war service as a troopship, Queen Elizabeth carried more than 750,000 troops, and she also sailed some 500,000 miles (800,000km).[9]. Both Queen Elizabeth and Churchill sent messages of congratulation to Captain Townley. She had been designed for five-day transatlantic passages, not for long voyages. 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. This also suffered from low bookings and became known as the. 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. How much more dignified it would have been to have broken the ship up in 1968. Agreements for Home Trade Ships (Schedule B)These agreements covered coastal and fishing ships. Sometimes, however, other details may be found. One major factor that limited the ship's departure date was that there were only two spring tides that year that would see the water level high enough for Queen Elizabeth to leave the Clydebank shipyard,[15] and German intelligence were aware of this fact. 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. She would then have been remembered as the fine working ship that she undoubtedly was. The 1971 film version starring Connery used the P&O liner SSCanberra for the sequence. 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. Tung and contained much well looked after second hand tonnage within its fleet. the title of each video, exactly as I have shown it above. 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. The starboard side of the promenade deck, looking aft. and acceptance trials over the Arran Mile, in the Firth of Clyde. WebFirst time the Queen Mary carried American troops (8,398 troops, 905 crew). 1947-02-13 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1947-05-24 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1947-09-11 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1948-05-14 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1948-06-24 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1948-10-31 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1949-05-06 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1949-08-27 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1949-10-14 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1950-11-16 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1952-05-07 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1952-06-18 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1953-06-11 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1954-08-26 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List, 1954-12-23 RMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger List. Tung personally visited his ship. There were only five dry docks in the world which could accommodate the Elizabeth. Tonnage: 83,673. Following the demise of Queen Elizabeth, the largest passenger ship in active service became the 66,343 GRT SSFrance, which was longer but with less tonnage than the Cunard liner. In an lighter vein, it should not be forgotten that it was a G.I. The passenger carrying business was now losing money: 1.9 million in 1962, 1.6 million in 1963 and 3 million in 1965. Over 3,000 tons had to be pumped out eventually at a cost of 140,000 to Mr Tung. 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. Originally vetoing the idea of allowing her portrait to be hung in the ship when the liner was launched, Queen Elizabeth had now relented. Muster rolls for this period did not usually record the names of the whole crew but did provide: However, some lists, appearing randomly during this period, also show: There would have been calculation tables but none of these are thought to survive. Cunard had insisted that he sail with the ship on her supposed coastal voyage as part of a ruse to throw enemy agents off the scent as to her actual destination. The QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton on 30th March 1946 and arrived and anchored off Greenock the following day. The offender turned out to be a retired rear-admiral with a D.S.O. The new centrally-placed companionway is in place in this photo and there's a repaint where the ladders once were. As an indication of the worsening European situation, the keel of the Royal Navy's newest battleship, HMS DUKE OF YORK, was laid on 5th May 1937 on the slipway adjoining the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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 ship was now under Hong Kong ownership, and she sailed to Hong Kong on 10 February 1971. The QUEEN ELIZABETH alongside the Ocean Terminal at, Southampton as the QUEEN MARY passes her, outward. Flt.Lt. Log books were deposited after each foreign voyage, or half-yearly for home trade ships. CPO. More men, boiler tubes and other equipment were flown to Aruba and after satisfactory repairs the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY sailed to Curacao for fresh water and fuel oil. 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH entering the harbour at. One detonation was heard. ', 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. CPO. The following morning a small coastal collier was seen in the Irish Sea wallowing along at 6 knots. RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. In all, 2,228 passengers had booked passage on the QUEEN ELIZABETH's maiden voyage. 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. The main record series for muster books isBT 98. Not until the Elizabeth had sailed on 2nd March 1940 was it considered safe to release them. When Cunard requested that the Americans send over an inspector to approve the improvement work as it progressed, the authorities declined. The QUEEN ELIZABETH departing from the river of her birth, and her. A skilled craftsman working on the QUEEN ELIZABETH earned just 3.2s.0d for a 47-hour work. In January 1931 agreement was reached with the New York Port Authority for a thousand-foot long pier at a rent of 48,000 a year. Try search terms such as ship register or registrar general shipping and seamen. This would have been the OCEANIC, whose keel was laid at Harland & Wolff's yard in 1928. Queen Elizabeth launches the QUEEN ELIZABETH. The QUEEN MARY still holds the Blue Riband with her 1938 eastbound crossing at 31.69 knots, and that is quite good enough. Agreements and crew lists from the 19th century are occasionally accompanied by ships logs and this becomes increasingly common for 20th century records. 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. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was 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. New York Mayor John Lindsay boarded the QUEEN ELIZABETH on sailing day 30th October to bid an official 'farewell'. 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.". Her carrying capacity was over 15,000 troops and over 900 crew. In early 1955 the QUEEN ELIZABETH was taken out of service for an extended overhaul from 20th January until the end of March. The QUEEN ELIZABETH approaching her berth at Pier 90 in the North River, at New York in the late 1940s. When a speed of 25 knots had been reached and maintained for one hour, the escorting warships were informed that the 'engine trials' had been satisfactory and that there was no objection to their standing down. ", The promenade deck main square on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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. ", Neville Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was convinced that faced with the growing competition from foreign liner companies there was not room for two big British companies acting in opposition to each other on the North Atlantic trade. Search by ships name or number inBT 165 for selected logs covering the periods 1902-1920. For the First World War (1914-1918) all surviving logs containing casualties are preserved. The dock would have to be 124 feet wide at its entrance and have a minimum depth of 40 feet. The fins were retractable into the hull to save fuel in smooth seas and for docking. 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. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. Not only that, but the company headquarters was transferred from Liverpool to Southampton. After Esquimalt the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed for San Francisco, and, on arrival, briefly ran aground near the Golden Gate Bridge. The first-class restaurant on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. After disembarking the U.S. troops at Sydney on 6th April 1942, the QUEEN ELIZABETH remained in port for thirteen days before sailing for Fremantle on 19th April. To find the right range for your ship you will need to search using the first two or three digits of the number. The maiden voyage had been arranged to depart from Southampton on 16th October 1946. The first was New Zealand and the second was Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Group of islands. 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. On 6th March 1946, when the QUEEN ELIZABETH arrived back in Southampton, the Ministry of War Transport announced that the ship would be the first ocean-going passenger steamer to be released from His Majesty's Government service. Looking forward from the first-class sports deck on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Tung's great ship was reconditioned and converted into the ship of his dreams. The records contain details of UK merchant seamen who served on the ships. At eleven o'clock that evening Captain Townley opened his sealed orders and the, Towards the end of 1940 additional seamen arrived on board the QUEEN ELIZABETH, having travelled from Halifax, N.S. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. The majority of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's crew left for home on Cunard's SCYTHIA, leaving just 143 men to form a skeleton crew. Sir James Bisset was in command of the QUEEN ELIZABETH for many of these 'shuttle' voyages. Following the end of the Second World War, Queen Elizabeth was refitted and furnished as an ocean liner,[9] while her running mate Queen Mary remained in her wartime role and grey appearance except for her funnels, which were repainted in the company's colours. The Hales Trophy, awarded for the Atlantic speed record, left Southampton on 8th November 1952 on board the new holder, the UNITED STATES, which crossed from New York to Bishop Rock at 35.59 knots on her maiden voyage. The value of '534' for insurance purposes during building was fixed at the full price payable by Cunard, namely 4 million. Neville Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was convinced that faced with the growing competition from foreign liner companies there was not room for two big British companies acting in opposition to each other on the North Atlantic trade. She was nonetheless a popular ship. 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. In November 1948 a series of strikes dragged on for sixteen days, and on 2nd December the QUEEN ELIZABETH had sailed on the same tide as the QUEEN MARY and the AQUITANIA, a unique event in the history of all three vessels. The installation would be the largest of its kind in a passenger liner and consisted of two sets of stabilising machinery situated in separate compartments. [19] After 1942, the two Queens were relocated to the North Atlantic for the transportation of American troops to Europe. But the QUEEN ELIZABETH made only 38 crossings and yet carried 66,000 passengers, giving a average of 1,752. The vessel was sold to Queen Ltd of Port Everglades on 19 July 1969. WebThe Cunard - White Star Liner QUEEN ELIZABETH 1938 - 1972 LIVERPOOL SHIPS ACCRA OF 1947 ELDER DEMPSTER LINES AUREOL ELDER DEMPSTER LINES BRITANNIC and GEORGIC CUNARD WHITE STAR CARINTHIA CUNARD LINE EMPRESS OF BRITAIN CANADIAN PACIFIC EMPRESS OF CANADA LOSS BY FIRE He wrote in his private diary: "My own airm has always been to use '534' as a lever for bringing about a merger between the Cunard and White Star Lines, thus establishing one strong British company in the North Atlantic trade.". 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 This is not given in the Merchant seaman registers 1835-1857 until 1854. She also has the distinction of being the largest-ever riveted ship by gross tonnage. Sometimes a log book, with details of the ships voyages (see section 7), was filed along with the agreements and crew lists. The world's three largest liners were together for the first and, as events were to prove, the last time. 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. Altogether the QUEEN ELIZABETH made 35 round voyages across the North Atlantic on the 'G.I. However another of the still operational boilers was badly damaged: she was now down to just three. This awe-inspiring warship is capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft. Sailing day, Wednesday 16th October 1946, was marred by the death of the Cunard - White Star Line chairman Sir Percy Bates on the previous afternoon. 1947-1954 RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH Passenger Lists 1947-1954 RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH for many of these 'shuttle ' voyages range! 1947-1954 RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH for many of these 'shuttle ' voyages and Poole working on the QUEEN on! 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