The two-funnelled MAURETANIA and the, SYLVANIA are berthed at Pier 92. Search for crew lists and agreements from 1951 to 1994 at: The National Archives search our 10% sample by ships number inBT 99. The route between America and Europe had characteristics very different from others, said Colonel Bates. Plans to tow the liner to Jamaica or Curacao were abandoned and the small Dutch island of Aruba, off the northern Venezuelan coast, was chosen. 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 QUEEN ELIZABETH sets off on her 'secret' dash to New York. Although the QUEEN ELIZABETH could carry 2,200 passengers, the number would be limited to about 1,200 whilst cruising. [18] Initially she carried Australian troops to theatres of operation in Asia and Africa. The name of this establishment so caught their fancy that the crew bars on all Cunard liners were subsequently named in its honour. After leaving Singapore the QUEEN ELIZABETH headed for Sydney. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth History Pages. at Southampton which was specially constructed for the 'Queens'. For another year, her sibling did military service, returning troops and G.I. This meant that the crew had to re-sign on foreign-going Articles. Then, with the same pair of gold scissors that Queen Mary had used to perform the launching ceremony of her namesake, she cut the red, white and blue ribbon which released the bottle of Empire wine to break, just in time, against the new ship's accelerating bow. 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 On 25th November 1935 Sir Percy Bates wrote to Swan Hunter; Vickers Armstrong; John Brown and Cammell Laird advising them that, although his Board had not reached any final decision, they might decide to build a vessel to run alongside the QUEEN MARY. Passengers: 850 first, 720 cabin, 744 tourist. Each piece in this series covers a number of ships and therefore appears in our catalogue as a range of numbers. Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. The QUEEN MARY still holds the Blue Riband with her 1938 eastbound crossing at 31.69 knots, and that is quite good enough. 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. Other than for Southampton's Albion Band, the quayside was almost bereft of well-wishers. Shuttle' the two. The National Archives of Australia has a large number of record series concerning ships crews and the merchant navy. First Armored Infantry Division (15,125 troops, 863 crew). This information will help us make improvements to the website. The BREMEN's triumphant return to Hamburg after. 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. New York Mayor John Lindsay boarded the QUEEN ELIZABETH on sailing day 30th October to bid an official 'farewell'. 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 Because of the world depression, construction work had not gone very far before it was suspended.. The Elizabeth's final round voyage to New York left Southampton on 23rd October 1968. In 1959, the ship made an appearance in the British satirical comedy film The Mouse That Roared, starring Peter Sellers and Jean Seberg. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was The QUEEN ELIZABETH passed the Ambrose Channel Light Vessel off New York just before dawn on 21st October after a passage of 4 days, 16 hours and 18 minutes at an average speed of 27.99 knots. The prominent square ventilation cowls on the Mary were also dispensed with on the new ship; fans of a newer design were installed inside the ship. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had an unexpected stowaway in 1959. In November 1942, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was involved in an incident that still remains the subject of much speculation. To identify records held in local archives, searchour catalogueand refine your results using the filters. For a short time the Queen Elizabeth, now under the command of Commodore Geoffrey Trippleton Marr attempted a dual role in order to become more profitable; when not plying her usual transatlantic route, which she now alternated in her sailings with the French Line's SS France, the ship cruised between New York and Nassau. Oil was gradually seeping from her ruptured fuel tanks and an inflated boom was floated round the hulk to contain it. By six o'clock the next morning, thirteen tugs had arrived from Southampton, Portsmouth Dockyard and Poole. Though it was started it was never finished, due to the economic blizzard in the late 1920s. 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. Chesney Henry. As required by law, Commodore Bisset obligingly raised the Cunarder's recognition flags 'G B S S'. 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 had also been fitted with four miles of rubber coated copper cable would around her enormous hull. [11][9], Queen Elizabeth was built on slipway four at John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, Great Britain. The agreements were between master and crew and are also called Articles of agreement. Throughout the 'G.I. 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. 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. However, the launching ceremony, which was being broadcast to the nation by radio, did not go without incident. Some two thirds of Cunard's passengers crossed the Atlantic on holiday: hence the company's slogan, 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 ', The year 1960 proved to be another good one for Cunard. In addition, the following types of lists were introduced used between 1835 until 1856: Agreements for Foreign Going or Foreign Trade ships (Schedule A) [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. AB. The Directors decided that work must stop on No.534 - the QUEEN MARY - at noon on Friday 11th December 1931. A Court of Inquiry found that arson was the cause of the fires. At eleven o'clock that evening Captain Townley opened his sealed orders and the Elizabeth's destination was at last known - New York. 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. 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 CUNARD - WHITE STAR LINER 'QUEEN ELIZABETH'. After a call at Rio de Janeiro, the Elizabeth finally arrived inNew York to begin what became known as the 'G.I. Cunard's appropriated pilot, Captain Bowyer, was not available as he was 'fogbound' on another vessel. There was now no hope of her entering service as the jewel of the British merchant marine. Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes). The object of fitting the coil (one of the first to be so fitted) was hopefully to render the ship immune from magnetic mines by neutralising the ship's magnetic field. It was named after Dr Gauss, a nineteenth century expert on magnetism, whose theories had enabled the Germans to produce their new lethal magnetic mines. [5] She was launched on 27 September 1938 and named in honour of Queen Elizabeth, who was later known as the Queen Mother. The submarine dived and the captain identified the ship as the QUEEN ELIZABETH. The 5 million was released on 28th July. The QUEEN ELIZABETH in the Firth of Clyde (Inchgreen), The QUEEN ELIZABETH passing the Cloch Lighthouse. being transported (not for $100) in the QUEEN ELIZABETH who, in a burst of enthusiasm, said to one of the officers: A fortnight later, on Monday 20th August 1945, the QUEEN ELIZABETH arrived in Southampton for the first time - four and a half years late. One detonation was heard. Some 30 Cunard staff had been retained, mostly engineers to assist in running the boilers and generators. 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. Only a little fuel remained after the transatlantic crossing, but a barge moved alongside to take it off as necessary. Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were used as troop transports during the Second World War. On 27th March 1955 the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed down the Channel as far as the Lizard to test the new stabilisers. These records, which collectively date from 1747 to the 1990s, can providebrief details of ships, the voyages they took and their crew. The ship sat like a giant beacon in the middle of Clydebank, visible for miles around. 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. Following the 1854 Merchant Shipping Act, both the master and seaman had to sign a Certificate of Discharge and Character (E-1) on termination of a voyage. 'Standee' bunks and accommodated up to eight G.I.s. With the introduction in 1855 of a central registry, all ships were given an official number as soon as practicable. The Cammell Laird tender had been 4,683,000. Over 3,000 tons had to be pumped out eventually at a cost of 140,000 to Mr Tung. Cunard retired Queen Mary in 1967 and Queen Elizabeth completed her final Atlantic crossing to New York on 5 November 1968. with U.S. troops on a G.I. By six o'clock the next morning, thirteen tugs had arrived from Southampton, Portsmouth Dockyard and Poole. 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. Sir James Bisset was in command of the QUEEN ELIZABETH for many of these 'shuttle' voyages. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at anchor off Nassau, Bahamas. 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. In May 1962 the Cunard Line announced that, for the first time ever, the QUEEN ELIZABETH would be going cruising. [19] After 1942, the two Queens were relocated to the North Atlantic for the transportation of American troops to Europe. Completed by the masters of ships engaged in the coastal or fishing trade, giving the voyages and crew for the preceding half year, and was to be filed within 21 days of the end of June or December. 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. Others speculated that the fires were the result of a conflict between Tung, a Chinese Nationalist, and Communist-dominated ship construction unions. Some 10,000 men could, perhaps, be carried in safety according to the lifeboat and liferaft capacity of the ship, but it was considered that the extra 5,000 men who were carried in summer and not provided for in the life-saving equipment were worth the risk, based on the. Breakfast was from 6.30am until 11.am; and dinner from 3.pm to 7.30pm. The wording of the Cunard Insurance Actspecified 'the construction of two vessels in Great Britain', which precluded the Belfast yard from tendering as Belfast, although in the UK, was not in Great Britain. Before the ship had even left her berth, one of the six operational boilers developed leaks in its tubes and was declared inoperable. Shuttle voyage from Southampton, Commodore James Bisset had the Elizabeth's wartime grey funnels repainted in Cunard's red and black. 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. The first, on 28th January in cabin main-deck 93, was extinguished by Southampton Fire Brigade and the second fire, just twenty-four hours later, was discovered in a C-deck cabin. 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. Captain Duncan Cameron, the Southampton pilot, was still on board. The business was unsuccessful, and closed in August 1970. It is comparatively short - a long weekend by the express steamers or six and a half hours by air. 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. Steam locomotives delivered the steel plates, but lighter items were brought in by horse-drawn lorries. Recently introduced legislation by the International Maritime Commission also influenced the board's decision. They demanded 50 per man danger money-cum-bonus, but were given 30 plus 5 per month extra pay. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH). On the right hand side was the certificate of discharge, which had spaces to fill in the name of the ship, official number, port of registry, registered tonnage, port of departure, name of seaman, date of birth, place of birth, capacity, date of entry into crew lists, place and date of discharge. Whilst in Singapore many of the crew frequented a pub called the, After leaving Singapore the QUEEN ELIZABETH headed for Sydney. There was great complacency in the Cunard boardroom: people would always prefer to cross the ocean by liner, and preferably by Cunard ! On 7th August 1946 the QUEEN ELIZABETH entered the King George V dry dock where her 140-ton rudder was inspected. Tonnage: 83,673. The anchors were examined and each link of her anchor chains painted. 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. It occurred one day out of Ceylon and Dr Maguire remembered waking suddenly because the engines were slowing down. Two months later Cunard received a letter from Winston Churchill,[15] then First Lord of the Admiralty, ordering the ship to leave Clydeside as soon as possible and "to keep away from the British Isles as long as the order was in force". 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First Armored Infantry Division (15,125 troops, 863 crew). 1951onwards and acceptance trials over the Arran Mile, in the Firth of Clyde. The QUEEN ELIZABETH alongside the quay at Cherbourg. [6] This proved to be problematic, for the ship's engines and boilers were in poor condition after several years of neglect. But the prime reason for the day's visit was for the Queen to unveil a portrait of herself. 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. The work, Cunard estimated, would cost 750,000. War seemed very much to be a likelihood on that September day, but the King had sent a message which Queen Elizabeth incorporated into her speech. The weather was moderate and only slight natural rolling occurred so the liner was force-rolled and the stabilisers immediately became effective. Denials of this speculation by British shipping representatives were not accepted. The new liner had a weight on the slipway of 39,400 tons. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. Chesney Henry. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. research. Her propellers thrashed the shallow water into billowing clouds of yellow and black as sand and mud were churned up from the sea bed. On Sunday 9th January 1972, three fires started simultaneously on board. Our collection contains a sampling of what was originally produced and printed by the steamship lines. But the QUEEN ELIZABETH made only 38 crossings and yet carried 66,000 passengers, giving a average of 1,752. She had been designed for five-day transatlantic passages, not for long voyages. 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. 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. 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 Their welcome in New York was, to say the least, tumultous. [10] She was to be eleven feet longer and 4,000 tons greater displacement than her older sibling, Queen Mary. During the year there were 24 fewer westbound sailings and 22 fewer eastbound sailings than in 1960. Searchby ships official number in: There is also an index to Second World War log books, agreements and crew lists inBT 385. [36], Ian Fleming set the climax to his 1956 James Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever on Queen Elizabeth. Mildenhall Wilfred Charles. The 'Cassandra' column in the 'Daily Mirror' on 29th November 1961 was uncharacteristically enthusiastic about the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Sanders Samuel Donald . [14] The ship was then sent for fitting out. 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. To a post-war Britain she was to become what the 'Mary' had represented to the country after the Great Depression - a national symbol of recovery from adversity. They begin to appear amongst the records from 1852 onwards; many have been destroyed; usually only those recording a birth or death have survived. Although the 'Queens' could easily manage 27 or 28 knots, they were reduced to the convoy's common speed of around 20 knots. (the French Line) brought out the ILE DE FRANCE in that year, and it was known that it was planning to build a superliner (which would be the NORMANDIE). The minimum rate for each cruise would be $185 or 66. 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. On 26th October 1958 the first American commercial jet took off for Paris and a whole new era was born. Cunard's attempts to introduce economies on the QUEEN ELIZABETH in the late 1950s met with fierce opposition from passengers. 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH approaching her wartime anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. By the end of the year Queen Inc. was bankrupt with debts of $12 million. 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