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. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. 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. A signal for assistance was sent and - within the hour - the company, port and salvage officials were on board and in conference with Captain Ford. 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. Agreements for Home Trade Ships (Schedule B)These agreements covered coastal and fishing ships. 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. Many do not survive at all whilst significant proportions of those that do survive are held at other archives, most notably: The National Archives holds the following proportions of surviving crew lists and agreements after 1861: Local archives took some of the records for the period 1863-1913 (see section 12). In June 1952 the QUEEN ELIZABETH was recording some very fast passages, just prior to the entry into service of the UNITED STATES on 4th July. Check the opening hours and contact details for local archives usingfind an archive. L.Sea. This was a subsidiary of the giant Orient Overseas Line which would be the ship's actual owner and operator. The route between America and Europe had characteristics very different from others, said Colonel Bates. CPO. 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. After the formal speeches had been completed there was a pause as high tide and slack water were awaited. The popularity of the two 'Queens' meant enormous profits for the Cunard Line and the two ships repaid their original investments many times over. 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. 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. 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. Originally vetoing the idea of allowing her portrait to be hung in the ship when the liner was launched, Queen Elizabeth had now relented. [23] On 29 July 1959, she was in a collision with the American freighter American Hunter in foggy conditions in New York Harbor and was holed above the waterline.[24]. The forms had to be filed within 30 days of the end of June or December. As a result only twelve boilers were needed for the QUEEN ELIZABETH, rather than the twenty-four in the, Another obvious difference between the two ships was the lack of a forward well deck on the new QUEEN ELIZABETH. Sir Percy Bates stressed that, The NORMANDIE had one edge on the QUEEN MARY in being aesthetically more pleasing through her revolutionary streamlining and lack of visible deck 'clutter'. Cunard's appropriated pilot, Captain Bowyer, was not available as he was 'fogbound' on another vessel. However, U.S. legislators had another surprise up their sleeve. 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. Their welcome in New York was, to say the least, tumultous. This meant that the crew had to re-sign on foreign-going Articles. [citation needed]. These are undeniable facts. 160,000 s.h.p. May 11 - 16 First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew). The Clydebank yard was awarded the contract with a tender of 4,293,000. 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. Oil was gradually seeping from her ruptured fuel tanks and an inflated boom was floated round the hulk to contain it. They are (left to right). Sometimes, however, other details may be found. The QUEEN ELIZABETH entering the King George V Dry Dock. 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at anchor at the Tail of the Bank in the Firth, of Clyde as John Brown's workmen transform her from a troopship. This website uses cookies to improve functionality. 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. Over the next few months Mr C.Y. A parakeet flew in through an open porthole at New York and quickly became the mascot of the ship's officers who bought him a fancy cage and named him Joey. 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). This would have been the OCEANIC, whose keel was laid at Harland & Wolff's yard in 1928. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was back in service on the North Atlantic on 26th March 1966, but with 150 cabins still not completed, she carried Harland & Wolff workmen with her to finish the job. 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 view from the top of the shipyard crane of the. The majority of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's crew left for home on Cunard's SCYTHIA, leaving just 143 men to form a skeleton crew. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had an unexpected stowaway in 1959. WebFirst time the Queen Mary carried American troops (8,398 troops, 905 crew). Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, these two events were postponed and Cunard's plans were shattered. 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. The RESCUE could not handle the ship on her own and so a second tug was summoned. WW2 Service: Throughout World War II she served as a very valuable troopship, completing the long period of duty in March 1946. 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. WebThe Queen Elizabeth is the newest addition to the Cunard Line and made its debut voyage in October 2010. The QUEEN ELIZABETH's bow, unlike that of the Mary, was heavily raked. 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 QUEEN ELIZABETH was embedded in mud to a point just below the bridge. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. On her maiden voyage the BREMEN crossed from Cherbourg to the Ambrose Channel Light Vessel off New York at an average speed of 27.91 knots, smashing completely the MAURETANIA's proud record of twenty years standing. The first-class main lounge on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. After anchoring off Aruba the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY drifted, dragging her anchor, out to deep water. [19], Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were both used as troop transports[20] during the war. 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. This is the story of the ship from the planning stages of the late 1920s, her war operations, her amazingly successful passenger service of the late 1940s and 1950s, and her demise in the mid 1960s. 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. Within that context, as Sir Percy Bates, the chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company, never tired of explaining: In May 1930, Cunard began to make tentative enquiries about the possibility of dry-docking facilities at Southampton for its two new superliners. And so rota pilot F.G. Dawson boarded the, A signal for assistance was sent and - within the hour - the company, port and salvage officials were on board and in conference with Captain Ford. He said that it had become a source of irritation to him and his colleagues on the board. The Verandah Grill on the QUEEN ELIZABETH -, exclusively for the use of first-class passengers. So it was clear that the ships must be fast, strongly built to face North Atlantic weather, and have a sufficient reserve of power to make up any time lost through bad weather. At 11.15am the following day the QUEEN ELIZABETH was safely berthed at Port Everglades and the final, often fatal, order on the bridge telegraph was rung to the engine room: 'Finished with Engines'. They were ferried out to the liner on the Clyde steamer QUEEN MARY II. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH). 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. Launched, September 27, 1938. After 1861 only a sample of crew lists and agreements and log books are held at The National Archives. Sir Basil Smallpiece (Cunard's chairman since November 1965 when he succeeded Sir John Brocklebank) decided that the time had finally come for drastic, long-delayed surgery on the Cunard passenger fleet. ', The QUEEN ELIZABETH slips away from Southampton for the, last time in the early morning fog of 28th November 1968. On 8th May 1967, the axe finally fell and it was announced that the QUEEN ELIZABETH would be withdrawn a year earlier than originally planned - in the Autumn of 1968 after a final summer on the Western Ocean. [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 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. Captain Bisset said, after the war, that an explosion was heard, Altogether the QUEEN ELIZABETH made 35 round voyages across the North Atlantic on the 'G.I. [6] She was moved to Port Everglades, Florida, and converted to a tourist attraction, which opened in February 1969. Promptly at 2.pm on 16th October 1946, the QUEEN ELIZABETH. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at anchor in Sydney Harbour waiting. [9] During the trials, Queen Elizabeth took the wheel for a brief time, and the two young princesses recorded the two measured runs with stopwatches that they had been given for the occasion. Rear Admiral Carruthers Joseph William. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was the culmination of Sir Percy Bates' own initiative; the fulfilment of a long-cherished dream held by many shipowners; that a weekly trans-Atlantic ferry service should be maintained by two ships rather than by three, or even four (sometimes mismatched) vessels that had previously - and expensively - been required. It occurred one day out of Ceylon and Dr Maguire remembered waking suddenly because the engines were slowing down. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had a heavily raked bow. [21] After her trials Queen Elizabeth finally entered passenger service, allowing Cunard White Star to launch the long-planned two-ship weekly service to New York. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. WebScenes on the main podium prior the launching, the two Princesses are notable, especially Princess Elizabeth , our future Queen! [38][39], The wreck also featured in a flashback sequence in an episode of American Dragon: Jake Long. The trend of development in the design of Atlantic liners since the coming of steam had been towards larger and faster ships; the larger ships being more comfortable as they were less affected by the elements, whilst the increased speed shortened the trip. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. The QUEEN ELIZABETH (centre) and the QUEEN MARY (left). The result brightened up the ship considerably after the years of drabness. Search for crew lists and agreements from 1951 to 1994 at: The National Archives search our 10% sample by ships number inBT 99. [18] Initially she carried Australian troops to theatres of operation in Asia and Africa. You can, however, search for crew lists and agreements using the names of the seamen from 1881, 1891 and 1915 by ships number for all other years (see section 8.4 for more information). Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. 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. With the introduction in 1855 of a central registry, all ships were given an official number as soon as practicable. The passenger carrying business was now losing money: 1.9 million in 1962, 1.6 million in 1963 and 3 million in 1965. She docked on the north side of Pier 90 at 5.pm on the afternoon of Thursday, 7th March 1940. The original design for the engines was for single-reduction geared turbines, the brainchild of Sir Charles Parsons, in which a reduction gear box is placed between the turbine and the propeller shaft for the purpose of allowing both the turbines and the propellers to run at speeds of revolution suitable for maximum efficiency; high speeds of revolution are required for turbine efficiency and low speeds for propeller efficiency. The fins were retractable into the hull to save fuel in smooth seas and for docking. From 1857 onwards, the records are arranged in BT 98 by ships Official Number (ON). on her departure from the Clyde on 12th March 1966. Tung's great ship was reconditioned and converted into the ship of his dreams. finally arrives at Hong Kong on 15th July 1971. Tonnage: 83,673. WebThe National Records of Scotland holds agreements and crew lists under the reference BT 3, covering 1867-1913, for Scottish ships only. WebThe RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. The 'Cassandra' column in the 'Daily Mirror' on 29th November 1961 was uncharacteristically enthusiastic about the QUEEN ELIZABETH. The Government then proposed to lend the new company 9.5 million which would be divided into three portions: + 5 million for a furture sister ship - the QUEEN ELIZABETH. The following afternoon, Tuesday 27th February, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was officially handed over to Cunard - White Star at 3.pm as she lay at anchor at the Tail of the Bank - untested and untried. (The QUEEN MARY had been ship number 534). 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. On 8th September 1951 the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton on her 100th round voyage to New York since she entered passenger service in October 1946. In addition, the following types of lists were introduced used between 1835 until 1856: Agreements for Foreign Going or Foreign Trade ships (Schedule A) October 2 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. During the first weekend of the war her newly erected forward funnel, resplendent in Cunard red and black, was hastily overpainted in grey. From 22nd October 1945 it was the QUEEN ELIZABETH's job to repatriate thousands of Canadian soldiers. Bdmn. 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 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. These are undeniable facts. However, a labour force from the Todd Shipyard at Brooklyn had been contracted to further the completion of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. From the mid 1940s until the mid 1950s both the 'Queens' were given a short summer overhaul at Southampton. Keel laid on December 4, 1936. Each piece in this series covers a number of ships and therefore appears in our catalogue as a range of numbers. The maiden voyage had been arranged to depart from Southampton on 16th October 1946. 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. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385. Though it was started it was never finished, due to the economic blizzard in the late 1920s. Mildenhall Wilfred Charles. 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. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. and the QUEEN ELIZABETH together at New York on 10th March 1940. 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. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was The new centrally-placed companionway is in place in this photo and there's a repaint where the ladders once were. 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. With just enough room for a man to squeeze into his standee. 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