King George VI had remained in London at the request of the Prime Minister. By New Year's Day 1972 the liner floated resplendent in her new livery of white hull and orange funnels, with the legend 'Orient Overseas Line' emblazoned along each side of her hull. New York Mayor John Lindsay boarded the QUEEN ELIZABETH on sailing day 30th October to bid an official 'farewell'. 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. Neville Chamberlain now had the difficult task of steering the North Atlantic Shipping (Advances) Bill through the tortuous channels of Parliament. The safety of the troops during these solo high-speed dashes across the Atlantic was not considered to be paramount in the minds of those at the top. 1951onwards The passage time to Nassau would be 39 hours each way, giving passengers almost two full days there. The Clydebank yard was awarded the contract with a tender of 4,293,000. This was known as a 'degaussing' coil. Contrary to newspaper reports, this additional oil would not enable the world's largest liner to make the round trip without refuelling, but Cunard would be able to save some money if the current price of fuel oil was cheaper in England than the United States, or vice-versa. All Digitized Passenger Lists For the RMS Queen Elizabeth Available at the GG Archives. Works of art were also renovated by the original artists. Cunard's finances were in a very strong state whilst those of White Star were very poor. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. The troops would board the, The safety of the troops during these solo high-speed dashes across the Atlantic was not considered to be paramount in the minds of those at the top. The QUEEN ELIZABETH approaching her berth at Pier 90 in the North River, at New York in the late 1940s. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was ready for her trials in early October and sailed for the Clyde on the sixth of the month. 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. 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. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. (The QUEEN MARY had been ship number 534). Search for crew lists and agreements from 1951 to 1994 at: The National Archives search our 10% sample by ships number inBT 99. Queen Elizabeth was retired after her final crossing to New York, on 8 December 1968. 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. Her master, Captain Ford, had attempted to avert the incident by ordering 'half-astern' on the starboard engines, but it was too late. WebFirst time the Queen Mary carried American troops (8,398 troops, 905 crew). CPO. Cunard's appropriated pilot, Captain Bowyer, was not available as he was 'fogbound' on another vessel. With White Star now under Cunard's wing, Harland & Wolff at Belfast were also invited to tender, a position not previously open to them. 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. 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 ships would have to run without repairs for eleven months of the year. And so rota pilot F.G. Dawson boarded the Elizabeth off the Nab Tower. All twelve boilers had been reconditioned and her four engines thoroughly overhauled. and the QUEEN ELIZABETH together at New York on 10th March 1940. The market could only assume 2,700,000 of the risk. [10] She was to be eleven feet longer and 4,000 tons greater displacement than her older sibling, Queen Mary. At the start of the Second World War, it was decided that Queen Elizabeth was so vital to the war effort that she must not have her movements tracked by German spies operating in the Clydebank area. Queen Elizabeth leaving New York during her last voyage, 1968. [38][39], The wreck also featured in a flashback sequence in an episode of American Dragon: Jake Long. [citation needed]. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy. On 28th May 1930, the Cunard Company told John Brown & Company of Clydebank that it had been selected as the builder of the first of the two new ships. Alternatively, browseBT 98/564-4758to view all the ports covered for this period and the alphabetical ranges of ships for each port. 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. Sums amounting to $100 million were freely bandied about in the coumns of newspapers as the cost of carrying G.I.s to and from the theatres of war. I have agreed in principle." During this time, and for a while after, she was under American control through a lend-lease agreement. 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. 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. The RESCUE could not handle the ship on her own and so a second tug was summoned. 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. More than a year after the two 'Queens' had last met in New York, they sailed in company for the very first time in April 1941. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH) at Cape Town, on 14th June 1971, on passage to Hong Kong. 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. Seaman Lornie Peter Barnard. 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. 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). Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. Alternatively, browseBT 98/1-139(1747 to 1853) to view all the ports and years for which there are records in this period. It is said that ship repairers always complain that shipowners never give them long enough to complete annual overhauls. It was Chamberlain's firm belief that the British Government should guarantee a building loan to the Cunard Company on the condition that the two companies merged into one united front against the foreign competition. Recently introduced legislation by the International Maritime Commission also influenced the board's decision. 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. The following morning, 18th April 1947, she steamed into Southampton - fifty hours late ! Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes). Two months later the purchasers realised that the river was not deep enough. For example, for a ship with the number 25820, search using 258* (include the asterisk) as your keyword. All these record series are indexed on theRecord Search database. This shipping empire was owned by a Mr C.Y. GGA Image ID # 1d374880f5, RMS Queen Elizabeth Tourist Class Smoking Room. Following the First World War, Germany was building up her passenger fleet from 'scratch' in an era of new developments. Log books were deposited after each foreign voyage, or half-yearly for home trade ships. 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. These agreements had to be filed within 24 hours of the ships return to a UK port. Sir James Bisset was in command of the QUEEN ELIZABETH for many of these 'shuttle' voyages. The ELIZABETH (the prefix 'Queen' was dropped at Cunard's request) was opened to the public on 14th February 1969. A model of the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth has sat serenely for the last 15 years, gliding along on its pedestal in a PEM gallery. Cabins designed for two passengers were equipped with. With potentially upward of 500 crew requiring to scramble up from their quarters below, the sheer climb would have presented quite a hazard, particularly in bad weather and at a time of emergency. Early in the afternoon of 9th November a large, two-funnelled steamer was sighted, some six to seven miles away. 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. 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. 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 Contact them directly to find out more. 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A search on our catalogue of all the available crew lists is only practical for small ports. The QUEEN ELIZABETH in the Firth of Clyde (Inchgreen), The QUEEN ELIZABETH passing the Cloch Lighthouse. They demanded 50 per man danger money-cum-bonus, but were given 30 plus 5 per month extra pay. 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. 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 QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton on 30th March 1946 and arrived and anchored off Greenock the following day. 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. !!! Additionally, the proposed site was adjacent to Philadelphia International Airport wit its deafening aircraft noise every few minutes, and finally a nearby oil refinery would waft odours over the ship. The forward Observation Bar on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Just after midnight on 25th September 1967 the two 'Queens' passed each other in mid-Atlantic, the QUEEN MARY makingher final eastbound transatlantic crossing. 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. Eventually both the House of Commons and the House of Lords voted and the Bill was passed on 27th March 1934. 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. A 'Farewell Dinner' was held at sea on Sunday 3rd November and the following day the QUEEN ELIZABETH arrived back at Southampton for the last time, coming to the end of the career for which she had been designed. 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. [29] The vessel was finally declared a shipping hazard and dismantled for scrap between December 1974[30] and 1975. Ferry boats fuss across the river, dodging between these ships, almost like children running across a busy road.". Seaman Lornie Peter Barnard. '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. 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. On 14th April 1947 the QUEEN ELIZABETH was homeward bound and after leaving Cherbourg encountered thick fog in the Channel. 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. The passenger carrying business was now losing money: 1.9 million in 1962, 1.6 million in 1963 and 3 million in 1965. Archives, Open Government Licence John Brown Image The queen is greeted by Sir Percy Bates of Cunard John Brown Image The front cover of the official launching booklet for the Queen Elizabeth Cunard's attempts to introduce economies on the QUEEN ELIZABETH in the late 1950s met with fierce opposition from passengers. The QUEEN MARY and the QUEEN ELIZABETH met for the last time when they were both at sea. Four torpedoes were fired and the U-Boat followed their course. There was great complacency in the Cunard boardroom: people would always prefer to cross the ocean by liner, and preferably by Cunard ! The Pacific was too dangerous for her with both German and Japanese submarines on the prowl. Despite the effectiveness of the new stabilisers to minimise rolling, nothing could be done to reduce the pitching. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. The summer overhauls were routine and no special work was done. The 'Queens' experienced many difficulties when navigating the Solent due to yacht manoeuvres. and acceptance trials over the Arran Mile, in the Firth of Clyde. She did, however, remain all the while under Cunard management with British officers and crew. The business was unsuccessful, and closed in August 1970. Chesney Henry. 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. The dock would have to be 124 feet wide at its entrance and have a minimum depth of 40 feet. With potentially upward of 500 crew requiring to scramble up from their quarters below, the sheer climb would have presented quite a hazard, particularly in bad weather and at a time of emergency. Altogether the QUEEN ELIZABETH made 35 round voyages across the North Atlantic on the 'G.I. Over 3,000 tons had to be pumped out eventually at a cost of 140,000 to Mr Tung. Sir Percy Bates told the Southern Railway that it was a question of. Tung and contained much well looked after second hand tonnage within its fleet. The ship's company was brought up to 465 and at 3.30pm on 13th November 1940 the Elizabeth, heavily laden with fuel and water, slipped away from New York and headed south. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. Captain Marr decided to signal for tugs. 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. The Cunard policy of the two-ship express service was thoroughly sound and at the same time economic. There was no one on deck, but when the yacht was hailed an old lady appeared from below. The dock would have to be 124 feet wide at its entrance and have a minimum depth of 40 feet. 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). 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. During the first weekend of the war her newly erected forward funnel, resplendent in Cunard red and black, was hastily overpainted in grey. 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. A painting by Captain Stephen J Card of the two 'Queens' passing in, mid-Atlantic. 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. 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. Dimensions, 987' x 118' the NORMANDIE, the QUEEN MARY and the QUEEN ELIZABETH. On 27th March 1955 the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed down the Channel as far as the Lizard to test the new stabilisers. [27] The fact that C.Y. 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. [36], Ian Fleming set the climax to his 1956 James Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever on Queen Elizabeth. 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.' The distance to be covered in a year would be about 145,000 nautical miles. In the centre, on the south side of Pier 90, is the QUEEN MARY, and across. On 11th July Bates replied asking Piggot to, 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. 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. By the beginning of March 1940, Queen Elizabeth was ready for her secret voyage. Flt.Lt. shipyard, bound for the Tail of the Bank off Greenock. Later that day, at the time when she was due to arrive at Southampton, the city was bombed by the Luftwaffe. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had now been in the water for over two years since her launch on 27th September 1938. The first-class restaurant on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. From 1857 onwards, the records are arranged in BT 98 by ships Official Number (ON). Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. The QUEEN ELIZABETH departing from the river of her birth, and her. Heavy castings were erected by using derrick poles or sheer legs. Wooden decks had to caulked and electric cables connected. 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 QUEEN ELIZABETH was now equipped to carry 15,000 troops although the numbers were reduced to 12,000 in the winter months. The experiment lasted three voyages before the bandits were given a dishonourable discharge. It occurred one day out of Ceylon and Dr Maguire remembered waking suddenly because the engines were slowing down. 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. Within each box the lists are randomly arranged. The QUEEN ELIZABETH sets off on her 'secret' dash to New York. 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. Apparently the torpedo had exploded well away from the ship. The route between America and Europe had characteristics very different from others, said Colonel Bates. But first the ship had to be moved from Port Everglades to Hong Kong. A skilled craftsman working on the QUEEN ELIZABETH earned just 3.2s.0d for a 47-hour work. 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. The Directors decided that work must stop on No.534 - the QUEEN MARY - at noon on Friday 11th December 1931. 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had also been fitted with four miles of rubber coated copper cable would around her enormous hull. 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. Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were used as troop transports during the Second World War. WebThe National Records of Scotland holds agreements and crew lists under the reference BT 3, covering 1867-1913, for Scottish ships only. Two masts and two funnels. The prospect to Cunard was just too daunting, and contributed greatly to the decision to dispose of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. The QUEEN ELIZABETH making her final arrival at Southampton at the. 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