By converting water tanks, an additional 1,000 tons of fuel, or about one day's comsumption, could be carried. All twelve boilers had been reconditioned and her four engines thoroughly overhauled. 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. (The Singapore facility was no longer available). This would mean an expensive 'light' voyage to New York and, if the inspection failed, an equally expensive 'light' return trip back to the U.K. Tung and contained much well looked after second hand tonnage within its fleet. Click onBT 98to search by date and name of British port where the ship was registered. A group of the Purser's staff in the Tourist Purser's cabin. with the man above him practically resting on top of him. THE CUNARD - WHITE STAR LINER 'QUEEN ELIZABETH'. Looking forward from the first-class sports deck on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. TheNational Records of Scotlandholds agreements and crew lists under the reference BT 3, covering 1867-1913, for Scottish ships only. Boat drill was carried out on departure from New York. to embark 5,000 troops on a northbound convoy to Suez. 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. The QUEEN MARY's arch rival on the North Atlantic - the French Line's superb NORMANDIE - was studied in detail. For the First World War (1914-1918) all surviving logs containing casualties are preserved. INS forms used to record information about passengers, crew members, and aliens: Form 680 or I-480, List or Manifest of Aliens Employed on the Vessel as Members of the Crew (used in 1945) Form I-481, List or Manifest of all Persons Employed on a Great Lakes Vessel (used in 1945) The Cunard Line carried 177,547 passengers across the North Atlantic in 1961, 30,000 below the previous year's total. 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'. 160,000 s.h.p. (The QUEEN MARY had been ship number 534). Recently introduced legislation by the International Maritime Commission also influenced the board's decision. 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 Italians put the largest motor ship in the world, the AUGUSTUS, into service, and the White Star Line had laid down a new liner at Belfast. Her carrying capacity was over 15,000 troops and over 900 crew. Other than for Southampton's Albion Band, the quayside was almost bereft of well-wishers. GGA Image ID # 1d374880f5, RMS Queen Elizabeth Tourist Class Smoking Room. Passengers: 850 first, 720 cabin, 744 tourist. Over the next few months Mr C.Y. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. With the introduction in 1855 of a central registry, all ships were given an official number as soon as practicable. 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. in the late 1940s, are (left to right): Elizabeth Sayers, Margaret Morton. To find the right range for your ship you will need to search using the first two or three digits of the number. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. In all, 2,228 passengers had booked passage on the QUEEN ELIZABETH's maiden voyage. On 29 December her engines were tested for the first time, running from 0900 to 1600 with the propellers disconnected to monitor her oil and steam operating temperatures and pressures. Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, expressed his fears for the safety of the QUEEN ELIZABETH and felt that she would fall victim to Nazi bombers in her exposed site at Clydebank. All the Cunard records from that period have apparently been lost. Sir Basil Smallpiece said: Like a Greek tragedy the tale of woe gathered force. 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 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. During the turnround in New York on her second G.I. 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. Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were used as troop transports during the Second World War. 1951onwards Photographed on the QUEEN ELIZABETH, sometime. I have agreed in principle." The 1971 film version starring Connery used the P&O liner SSCanberra for the sequence. [12] The interiors were designed by a team of artists headed by the architect George Grey Wornum. Agreements and crew lists from the 19th century are occasionally accompanied by ships logs and this becomes increasingly common for 20th century records. Whilst on the G.I. 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. WebAll surviving agreements and crew lists with their logbooks are held by The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. 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 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. King George VI had remained in London at the request of the Prime Minister. 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. Sir Percy Bates, dismayed at this prospect, wrote to the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Burrough, for a decision on the ship's future. Following the First World War, Germany was building up her passenger fleet from 'scratch' in an era of new developments. Many local archives hold the records relating to their local ports. The reason was the Chancellor of the Exchequer's apprehension at what might be asked of him by his critics when making the announcement of the order in the House, namely 'that this tender business was all a farce, and that the order was in Brown's pocket from the start. [14] The ship was then sent for fitting out. [10] She was to be eleven feet longer and 4,000 tons greater displacement than her older sibling, Queen Mary. The agreements were between master and crew and are also called Articles of agreement. finally arrives at Hong Kong on 15th July 1971. That evening the crew was paid off and just 193 were retained to take the Elizabeth on her delivery voyage to Fort Lauderdale. In addition the QUEEN ELIZABETH's last master (Commodore Geoffrey Marr) and chief engineer (Mr Ted Philip) received invitations to come out of retirement and rejoin their old ship for the voyage. [13] Cunard's plan was for the ship to be launched in September 1938, with fitting-out intended to be complete for the ship to enter service in the spring of 1940. 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. An alternative site was found at Fort Lauderdale in Florida. 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. Cunard hoped that its continuing involvement with the QUEEN ELIZABETH would reap worthwhile benefits in the years to come. This will findBT 98/6795which covers ships numbers 25801-25834 for the year 1860. While a troupe of invading men from "Grand Fenwick", a fictional European micro-nation, cross the Atlantic to 'war' with the United States, they meet and pass the far larger Queen Elizabeth, and learn that the port of New York is closed due to an air raid drill. The 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. Throughout the 'G.I. Each piece in this series covers a number of ships and therefore appears in our catalogue as a range of numbers. The extent of original materials at the GG Archives can be very beneficial when researching your family's migration from Europe. after a visit to the Liverpool Cruise Terminal. As a triumphant fanfare to the launch of the QUEEN ELIZABETH, the Mary captured the Blue Ribandin August 1938 with a speed of 31.69 knots, a record that would stand for fourteen years. The QUEEN ELIZABETH's bow, unlike that of the Mary, was heavily raked. However, because of the prestigious nature of the Elizabeth's maiden arrival at New York as a commercial passenger liner, Commodore Bisset decided to press on and dock the ship at Pier 90 without the aid of tugs if necessary. She was nonetheless a popular ship. The name of this establishment so caught their fancy that the crew bars on all Cunard liners were subsequently named in its honour. Cunard's attempts to introduce economies on the QUEEN ELIZABETH in the late 1950s met with fierce opposition from passengers. The value of '534' for insurance purposes during building was fixed at the full price payable by Cunard, namely 4 million. [9], Queen Elizabeth sat at the fitting-out dock at the shipyard in her Cunard colours until 2 November 1939, when the Ministry of Shipping issued special licences to declare her seaworthy. The first-class restaurant on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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. Search by ships name or number inBT 165 for selected logs covering the periods 1902-1920. This was the catalyst, but not the only cause, of the withdrawal of the two, The QUEEN ELIZABETH was not successful as a cruise ship. May 11 - 16 First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew). This would have been the OCEANIC, whose keel was laid at Harland & Wolff's yard in 1928. Oil was gradually seeping from her ruptured fuel tanks and an inflated boom was floated round the hulk to contain it. The following day, 8th October, four hundred guests of the Cunard Company boarded the QUEEN ELIZABETH for the return passage to Southampton. Dimensions, 987' x 118' Chesney Henry. Sanders Samuel Donald . However, to stop the QUEEN ELIZABETH would take considerable time. She docked on the north side of Pier 90 at 5.pm on the afternoon of Thursday, 7th March 1940. 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 ELIZABETH just before she sailed from Port Everglades. 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. By 1960 the jets had 70% of the transatlantic business. August 2 - 7 First time a complete division was carried on any ship. 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. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. 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