Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel without a convoy. Sir John went on to say that he believed 1962 would show an improvement over 1961, but it was impossible to say how much at that stage. Quadruple-screw, 31 knots. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. There was still thick fog in Southampton Water and the QUEEN ELIZABETH returned to Cowes Roads to anchor overnight. 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. After the formal speeches had been completed there was a pause as high tide and slack water were awaited. 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. 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. Sir Percy Bates had wisely waited for anticipated developments in boiler design to occur. The truth was rather different, as the QUEEN MARY had a long, ponderous roll in a heavy beam sea which was only cured by the installationof two sets of Denny-Brown stabilisers in the late 1950s. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was not successful as a cruise ship. Agreements for Home Trade Ships (Schedule B)These agreements covered coastal and fishing ships. It is comparatively short - a long weekend by the express steamers or six and a half hours by air. A serious fire broke out in No.4 boiler room on 13th February and was fortunately brought under control. BT 387 is arranged by ranges of ships names therefore you will need to browse the series. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. From the passengers' point of view it had the disadvantage of being 100 miles further away from Paris than Le Havre. The QUEEN ELIZABETH sets off on her 'secret' dash to New York. A minimal crew of four hundred were assigned for the trip; most were transferred from Aquitania and told that this would be a short coastal voyage to Southampton. During the first weekend of the war her newly erected forward funnel, resplendent in Cunard red and black, was hastily overpainted in grey. For records from 1915 you can also search from our dedicated1915 crew lists pagefor online transcriptions of the records from that year search results will include records held at the National Maritime Museum so check the held by information on the page to find out where you can view the original document. 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. The dock could be emptied of its 180,000 tons of water in four hours. Commodore Geoffrey Marr compared the departure to the farewell given to the, 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. 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. on her departure from the Clyde on 12th March 1966. [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. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385 Queen Elizabeth (1940) Cunard Line Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. Image of a ships muster roll 1770-1775 (catalogue reference: BT 98/3). After 1861 only a sample of crew lists and agreements and log books are held at The National Archives. 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. 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. 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. research. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. [36], Ian Fleming set the climax to his 1956 James Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever on Queen Elizabeth. Dr Maguire said that he never did find out just who was responsible for that risky mid-ocean mail collecting. 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH alongside the Ocean Terminal at, Southampton as the QUEEN MARY passes her, outward. Tonnage: 83,673. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. Though it was started it was never finished, due to the economic blizzard in the late 1920s. The Japanese wanted her for a marine science museum in time for the 1970 Tokyo World Fair. The route between America and Europe had characteristics very different from others, said Colonel Bates. 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 Dredging had not been completed at Port Everglades so Commodore Marr was instructed to cruise the Elizabeth slowly down the coast to 'show the flag'. 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. Official logs are found with the agreements and crew lists, where they survive. 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. The QUEEN MARY was berthed on the south side of Pier 90, and on the north side of Pier 88 lay the French Line's NORMANDIE. Undoubtedly the incomplete QUEEN ELIZABETH was the greatest dilemma facing John Brown's on the outbreak of war. On 26th October 1958 the first American commercial jet took off for Paris and a whole new era was born. 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. In the foreground are the United States. During almost two decades following the end of the Second World War, young men in Britain were 'called up' for two years of National Service in the armed forces. Within that context, as Sir Percy Bates, the chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company, never tired of explaining: "The two new vessels represent the smallest and slowest ships which can fulfill these conditions and accomplish such a regular service. 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). 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. 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) 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. For the purpose of this list, they have been included as Cunard ships. In the early morning fog of 28th November 1968, the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton for the last time. accompanied by Sir Percy Bates, the Cunard chairman. Shuttle. The QUEEN ELIZABETH slips away from John Brown's shipyard. Commenced her first sailing from the Clyde, bound for New York, February 27, 1940. To identify records held in local archives, searchour catalogueand refine your results using the filters. An alternative site was found at Fort Lauderdale in Florida. The Verandah Grill on the QUEEN ELIZABETH -, exclusively for the use of first-class passengers. 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. It read: "She is the last agency of truly comfortable and agreeable travel the world will ever know, since she will never be replaced on any comparable scale of sumptuousness.". [19] After 1942, the two Queens were relocated to the North Atlantic for the transportation of American troops to Europe. Over 3,000 tons had to be pumped out eventually at a cost of 140,000 to Mr Tung. [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. The outcome was the Cunard (Insurance) Act, passed in December 1930. The anchors were examined and each link of her anchor chains painted. It was just over thirty years since she had launched the ship at Clydebank. [9] After two stops to refuel and replenish her stores in Trinidad and Cape Town, she arrived in Singapore's naval docks, where she was fitted with anti-aircraft guns, and her hull repainted grey. It is therefore possible, for example, to find records of deaths of soldiers and prisoners of war returning on ships from the Boer War. Following the First World War, Germany was building up her passenger fleet from 'scratch' in an era of new developments. This should be seen in the context of the QUEEN MARY's record of 31.69 knots when she took the Blue Riband of the Atlantic in September 1938. During her 1953 overhaul, two fires broke out on board the QUEEN ELIZABETH in dry dock. The contract was signed on 6th October 1936 and the keel of ship number 552 was laid on 4th December. As well as state-of-the-art weaponry and communications systems, HMS Queen Elizabeth boasts five gyms, a chapel and a medical centre. Therefore Cunard approached the Government and asked them if they would bear the additional burden. The QUEEN ELIZABETH entering the King George V Dry Dock at Southampton, The QUEEN ELIZABETH was ready for her trials in early October and sailed for the Clyde on the sixth of the month. Under the terms of the Cunard Insurance Act, Cunard was obliged to start work on the second ship before the Act expired in 1936. The following year the wreck was deemed an obstruction to shipping in the area, and in 1974 and 1975 was partially scrapped on site. Her secret sailing was under British Government regulations, so as to lessen the danger of being sunk by the Germans. In July the ship was sold for $8.64 million to a company called Queen Inc. Two fins were fitted on each side of the hull. They blamed it all on Joey and reports finally got back to the Commodore who ruled that Joey must go ! These earlier records were organised by port of registry and then alphabetically by name of ship (see the respective sections below for advice on finding earlier records). The distance to be covered in a year would be about 145,000 nautical miles. Tung had acquired the vessel for $3.5million, and had insured it for $8million, led some to speculate that the inferno was part of a fraud to collect on the insurance claim. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy. Archives, Open Government Licence [17] In mid-March, carrying 8,000 American soldiers, Queen Elizabeth began a 7,700-mile voyage from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia. 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. The work, Cunard estimated, would cost 750,000. Use the search box contained in BT 98 to search by date and name of ships port of registry. One detonation was heard. 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. Chesney Henry. Rodaway Thomas. Works of art were also renovated by the original artists. two express steamers became a reality in August, 1947. [8] The official contract between Cunard and government financiers was signed on 6 October 1936. Lady Assistant Pursers were introduced on the Cunard liners after the, Second World War. They first appear in the records around 1852; many have been destroyed, with only those recording a birth or death surviving. 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. The 1966 strike cost Cunard an estimated 3.75 million in lost revenue and brought the total operating loss for the year to over 6 million. Two months later the purchasers realised that the river was not deep enough. Half her crew was paid off and went on leave, whilst around 400 remained with the ship for maintenance, fire watch and to sail the ship on the coastwise voyage to the Clyde. Alternatively, browseBT 98/1-139(1747 to 1853) to view all the ports and years for which there are records in this period. The following morning a small coastal collier was seen in the Irish Sea wallowing along at 6 knots. On 7th August 1946 the QUEEN ELIZABETH entered the King George V dry dock where her 140-ton rudder was inspected. 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. 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 starboard side of the promenade deck, looking aft. She did, however, remain all the while under Cunard management with British officers and crew. WebQueen Elizabeth docked at Southampton in 1967. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at the anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at anchor at the Tail of the Bank off Gourock. 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. WebLists can also include passengers who were family members of seamen. 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. And so rota pilot F.G. Dawson boarded the Elizabeth off the Nab Tower. 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH approaching her wartime anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. The original intention was to moor the QUEEN ELIZABETH off Hog island in the Delaware River. 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. 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at the fitting-out berth at John Brown's shipyard. This enabled a third anchor, the bower, to be carried allowing the anchr to fall well clear of the stem. The agreements were between master and crew and are also called Articles of agreement. and acceptance trials over the Arran Mile, in the Firth of Clyde. Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. Oil was gradually seeping from her ruptured fuel tanks and an inflated boom was floated round the hulk to contain it. Six years of war service had never permitted the formal sea trials to take place, so they were now finally undertaken. 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. The continuing popularity of the 'Queens' was shown by the fact that they carried 110,800 passengers between them in 1960. During the five years she had carried 300,000 passengers. These essentially distinguished between ships sailing in waters around Britain (home) and those sailing further afield (foreign). 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. [9] Elizabeth, as she was now called, arrived in Port Everglades on 8 December 1968 and opened to tourists in February 1969, well before Queen Mary, which opened two years later, in 1971. 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. And so, on 24th June 1945, the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Gourock with her first load of returning G.I.s. 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. 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 QUEEN ELIZABETH in dry dock at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, BC. They would follow the natural progression of developments then taking place in marine engineering and in naval architecture. finally arrives at Hong Kong on 15th July 1971. As well as state-of-the-art weaponry and communications systems, HMS Queen Elizabeth boasts five gyms, a chapel and a medical centre. Security was paramount at all times, but one particular breach was recalled by Dr Maguire, the surgeon on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Four torpedoes were fired and the U-Boat followed their course. 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 forms had to be filed within 30 days of the end of June or December. ', 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. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385 Queen Elizabeth (1940) Cunard Line Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. That is quite sufficient to ensure her a place in the story of Liverpool ships. Sanders Samuel Donald . The remainder, lying on the harbour bed, was blown up as the wreck was a hazard to navigation. A bid of $3.2 million (1.3 million at 1969 rates of exchange) was made by the Island Navigation Company of Hong Kong. Two thousand men were ferried out daily to work on the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY as she lay at anchor off Hong Kong. To economise on fuel, the QUEEN MARY was using just two of her four propellers. How much more dignified it would have been to have broken the ship up in 1968. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385 Queen Elizabeth (1940) Cunard Line Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. The submarine dived and the captain identified the ship as the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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. The main record series for muster books isBT 98. L.Sea. REINA DEL MAR PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION CO. [9], In 1955, during an annual overhaul at Southampton, England, Queen Elizabeth was fitted with underwater fin stabilisers to smooth the ride in rough seas. [21] Queen Elizabeth's engines were capable of driving her to speeds of over 32 knots. As Sir Percy Bates was fond of saying: "These two new, vessels represent the smallest and slowest ships which can, economically maintain a two-ship weekly trans-Atlantic service. [10] She was to be eleven feet longer and 4,000 tons greater displacement than her older sibling, Queen Mary. Photographed on the QUEEN ELIZABETH, sometime. During this time, and for a while after, she was under American control through a lend-lease agreement. 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. After her launch the QUEEN ELIZABETH was towed round to the fitting-out berth where she would remain for the next sixteen months. 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. The following morning a small coastal collier was seen in the Irish Sea wallowing along at 6 knots. Digitized Passenger ListsOceanic to Ryndam. 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. 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 Philadelphia businessmen still held a small interest in the new company and would lease the ship from Cunard for $2 million a year. Barry Claud Barrington. 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) For the QUEEN ELIZABETH the war was over. You are unlikely to find records by searching for the names of ships or seamen, as the records have not been indexed in that way. Internally the condensers and oil cooler inlets were cleared of shells and gravel. When considering the comfort of those on board, Cunard had decided against the installation of stabilisers. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger Lists 1947-1954 RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. They demanded 50 per man danger money-cum-bonus, but were given 30 plus 5 per month extra pay. Suggestions ranged from laying up the Elizabeth in a sheltered Scottish loch to selling her to the Americans. 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