AB. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. Eventually both the House of Commons and the House of Lords voted and the Bill was passed on 27th March 1934. Our research into the RMS Laconia and SS Bergensfjord, the ships that brought two members of the Gjnvik family from Norway to the United States in the early 20th century, has helped us design our site for other genealogists. The RESCUE could not handle the ship on her own and so a second tug was summoned. The first meeting of the two 'Queens' at sea - off Sydney Heads in 1941. Rear Admiral Carruthers Joseph William. Cherbourg was chosen as the French port for the new ships as it had deeper water and a larger harbour than Le Havre. However, over the winter of 1967/68, Cunard received several serious enquiries from potential buyers. 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. However, U.S. legislators had another surprise up their sleeve. Great steps forward were being made in both these fields. Her carrying capacity was over 15,000 troops and over 900 crew. A form known as a Schedule C was completed by the master of every Foreign Going Ship, filed within 48 hours of the ships return to a UK port. A serious fire broke out in No.4 boiler room on 13th February and was fortunately brought under control. The whole affair turned into a spectacular fiasco as the 'Mary' was undercrewed and had to cross the equator twice without the benefit of air-conditioning. But the QUEEN ELIZABETH made only 38 crossings and yet carried 66,000 passengers, giving a average of 1,752. 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. 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. The lady then tied her yacht up to a buoy (a forbidden practice carrying a heavy fine), and two days later Southampton Harbour Board received a letter from the lady alleging her yacht had been 'interfered with' by the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Wooden decks had to caulked and electric cables connected. 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. Only the berth at John Brown could accommodate the King George V-class battleships. After her launch the QUEEN ELIZABETH was towed round to the fitting-out berth where she would remain for the next sixteen months. He had no experience of handling ships as large as the 'Queens' and off Calshot at the entrance to Southampton Water the QUEEN ELIZABETH ran aground. 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. The Directors were faced with the almost unbelievable fact that the gross revenue of the Company for the year was calculated to be nearly 2.5 million down on 1930. Harland & Wolff found itself in a peculiar situation. !!! On 7th August 1946 the QUEEN ELIZABETH entered the King George V dry dock where her 140-ton rudder was inspected. Cabins designed for two passengers were equipped with. 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. Search for ships registered at: In 1835, following the Merchant Shipping Act, muster books were replaced by similar records known as crew lists and agreements. 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. These records, which collectively date from 1747 to the 1990s, can providebrief details of ships, the voyages they took and their crew. During the five years she had carried 300,000 passengers. 160,000 s.h.p. 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 first stop was at Trinidad where she rendezvoused with a tanker five miles off Port of Spain. Following the tradition of the Orient Overseas Line, the ship was renamed Seawise University,[9] as a play on Tung's initials (C.Y.'s). L.Sea. Gregg William. 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH alongside the quay at Cherbourg. One week later work resumed on '534'. The anchors were examined and each link of her anchor chains painted. Passenger accommodation in 1960: 800 first, 650 cabin, 700 third. The minimum rate for each cruise would be $185 or 66. 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. [36], Ian Fleming set the climax to his 1956 James Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever on Queen Elizabeth. 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. Speed varied between 7 and 11 knots, with the higher speed using 300 tons of oil per day. 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. Not only that, but the company headquarters was transferred from Liverpool to Southampton. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. The QUEEN ELIZABETH alongside the Ocean Terminal at, Southampton as the QUEEN MARY passes her, outward. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385 Queen Elizabeth (1940) Cunard Line Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. after a visit to the Liverpool Cruise Terminal. (The QUEEN MARY had been ship number 534). Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. All Digitized Passenger Lists For the RMS Queen Elizabeth Available at the GG Archives. Chesney Henry. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at anchor at the Tail of the Bank off Gourock. Only a little fuel remained after the transatlantic crossing, but a barge moved alongside to take it off as necessary. The certificate would then be given back to the seaman which is why they can be found in the personal collections of an individual or their family. This would take at least an hour plus many miles, and this would not have allowed her to stop within Kessler's observation. Queen Elizabeth with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. 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. CPO. For just fourteen days between 7th and 21st March 1940, the world's three, largest liners were together at New York. It was out of the question for the Elizabeth to sail up to John Brown's shipyard at Clydebank, so it was planned to ferry men and equipment out to the liner as she lay at anchor off the Tail of the Bank. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had now been in the water for over two years since her launch on 27th September 1938. WebThe RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. 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. Following the First World War, Germany was building up her passenger fleet from 'scratch' in an era of new developments. The NORMANDIE had one edge on the QUEEN MARY in being aesthetically more pleasing through her revolutionary streamlining and lack of visible deck 'clutter'. 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). 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. accompanied by Sir Percy Bates, the Cunard chairman. When he asked for questions, one boy shot up his arm and asked: "How big were the frying pans?" She had crossed the North Atlantic Ocean 896 times in peacetime, and had carried 2,300,000 passengers, steaming 3,472,675 nautical miles in the process, On 6th November 1968 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother visited the ship for the very last time. At around this time the Queen's microphone failed but with great presence of mind, Her Majesty quietly and almost unheard by those around her said: "I name this ship QUEEN ELIZABETH and wish success to all who sail in her." The two ships' real potential had yet to be appreciated. It occurred one day out of Ceylon and Dr Maguire remembered waking suddenly because the engines were slowing down. 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. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was The QUEEN ELIZABETH leaving the fitting-out berth at John Brown's. WebThe RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. Her funnels are 70 feet high from deck level. On 26th July 1933, King George V and Queen Mary sailed into the new dock in the royal yacht VICTORIA AND ALBERT to perform the opening ceremony. Six years of war service had never permitted the formal sea trials to take place, so they were now finally undertaken. the dock from her, on the north side of Pier 88, is the NORMANDIE. All these record series are indexed on theRecord Search database. A temporary electrical fault had developed with the Elizabeth's whistle control gear and she left Southampton in a silence that only added to the almost furtive feeling of the departure. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at the fitting-out berth at John Brown's shipyard. the title of each video, exactly as I have shown it above. The QUEEN ELIZABETH entering the harbour at. ", Neville Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was convinced that faced with the growing competition from foreign liner companies there was not room for two big British companies acting in opposition to each other on the North Atlantic trade. This information will help us make improvements to the website. It was not only the declining fortunes of Cunard's passenger business which threatened the fleet of which the QUEEN ELIZABETH was still the flagship. Internally the condensers and oil cooler inlets were cleared of shells and gravel. The whole affair turned into a spectacular fiasco as the ', The QUEEN ELIZABETH's final season on the Atlantic was uneventful other than for the enthusiasm expressed by her regular passengers who wanted to sail in her just one last time. It was certainly the last time that the two 'Queens' ever stopped at sea in war time. The starboard side of the promenade deck, looking aft. October 2 Dr Maguire said that he never did find out just who was responsible for that risky mid-ocean mail collecting. The UNITED STATES took the 'Blue Riband' on her maiden voyage. 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. WebThe Queen Elizabeth is the newest addition to the Cunard Line and made its debut voyage in October 2010. Altogether the QUEEN ELIZABETH made 35 round voyages across the North Atlantic on the 'G.I. Dimensions, 987' x 118' (1,031' o.l.). The main record series for muster books isBT 98. 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. The Cunard Line carried 177,547 passengers across the North Atlantic in 1961, 30,000 below the previous year's total. "Public memory is notoriously short," said Dr Rebbeck, "It has apparently been forgotten that in 1927 we laid the keel of a 1,000 foot passenger liner for the White Star Line. 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 Company injected $1 million into a new company called 'The Elizabeth (Cunard) Corporation' and held an 85% share. 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. On her maiden voyage in 1928, the German liner BREMEN captured, the Blue Riband of the North Atlantic, crossing from the Bishop Rock. The ship sat like a giant beacon in the middle of Clydebank, visible for miles around. Any problems that were encountered were resolved by the foremen concerned by sending in extra men to assist temporarily with the work that had fallen behind and bring the construction work back to its timetable. [32], After the fire, Tung had one of the liner's anchors and the metal letters "Q" and "E" from the name on the bow placed in front of the office building at Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, California, which had been intended as the headquarters of the Seawise University venture;[33][34] they later went on display with commemorative plaques in the lobby of Wall Street Plaza, 88 Pine Street, New York City. On 8th November the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed on a 'Farewell Cruise' to Las Palmas and Gibraltar, and was back at Southampton on 15th November. 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. [37], The wreck was featured in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, as a covert headquarters for MI6. In all, 2,228 passengers had booked passage on the QUEEN ELIZABETH's maiden voyage. CPO. The dock would have to be 124 feet wide at its entrance and have a minimum depth of 40 feet. 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. 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. She was nonetheless a popular ship. First Armored Infantry Division (15,125 troops, 863 crew). It is estimated that around 4050% of the wreck was still on the seabed. From the mid-18th century, masters or owners of most British-registered merchant ships were required to keep a record of their crew before the ship left port. All this seemingly had no end, but this complacency would be destroyed completely in the 1960s. The 1971 film version starring Connery used the P&O liner SSCanberra for the sequence. Dr Maguire recalled that the cruiser HMAS SYDNEY had been sunk by the German KORMORAN without a single survivor only a few days before, not far from the present position. 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. She then stopped for a few minutes before proceeding on her way. Steam turbines. 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. Many of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's fittings had been placed ashore in New York, Sydney and Singapore when she was converted into a troopship and all these globally scattered items had to be returned to Southampton for refurbishment, assembly, sorting and fitting. The small vessel's skipper hoisted a flag signal: "What ship is that?" As required by law, Commodore Bisset obligingly raised the Cunarder's recognition flags 'G B S S'. There were only five dry docks in the world which could accommodate the Elizabeth. 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. 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. Dimensions, 987' x 118' Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. Commodore Geoffrey Marr compared the departure to the farewell given to the Elizabeth at New York. As well as state-of-the-art weaponry and communications systems, HMS Queen Elizabeth boasts five gyms, a chapel and a medical centre. 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. Portions of the hull that were not salvaged were left at the bottom of the bay. 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 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. Running mate: Queen Mary. Queen Elizabeth was retired after her final crossing to New York, on 8 December 1968. It was against this background that the Cunard Company began the design stage for two new ships. After 1861 only a sample of crew lists and agreements and log books are held at The National Archives. her summer overhaul in the King George V dry dock. By the end of the year Queen Inc. was bankrupt with debts of $12 million. [38][39], The wreck also featured in a flashback sequence in an episode of American Dragon: Jake Long. 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. She remained there until 11th March 1966 undergoing the 1.75 million refit and returned to Southampton with about 400 workmen on board who were completing the modernisation of cabins. [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. Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel without a convoy. 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. The superheated steam needed to be cooled to normal working temperature before slowing the ship could even be considered. With the introduction in 1855 of a central registry, all ships were given an official number as soon as practicable. 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 new ship weighed her bower anchor half an hour later and with a mean draught of 37 feet 9 inches slipped through the anti-submarine boom that stretched across the Clyde between the Gantock Rocks and the Cloch Lighthouse at 8.15am. Bdmn. 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. At around this time the Queen's microphone failed but with great presence of mind, Her Majesty quietly and almost unheard by those around her said: British Pathe The Queen launches the QUEEN ELIZABETH 1938. WebFirst time the Queen Mary carried American troops (8,398 troops, 905 crew). [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. The cruiser HMAS CANBERRA had lowered a pinnace which was cruising calmly around collecting bags of mail from each. Just two funnels were needed on the new ship instead of the three on the Mary and these were self-supporting, having their stays on the inside of the stack. The view from the top of the shipyard crane of the. At 11.15am the QUEEN ELIZABETH weighed anchor and was abeam the Cumbraes an hour later. Shuttle voyage from Southampton, Commodore James Bisset had the, 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. Crew lists for ships on foreign voyages (Schedule C) Two masts and two funnels. To administer this fund, masters or owners of merchant ships had to keep a muster book, also known as a muster roll, which was filed at the port of arrival with the Seamens Fund Receivers. The ship sat like a giant beacon in the middle of Clydebank, visible for miles around. Queen Mary was retired from service on 9 December 1967, and sold to the city of Long Beach, California. 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. 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. 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. Use the search box contained withinBT 98 to search by year and name of ships port of registry. Promptly at 2.pm on 16th October 1946, the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Search inBT 387for agreements and crew lists of allied foreign ships requisitioned or chartered by the British government in the Second World War. Townley and his hastily signed-on crew of four hundred Cunard personnel were told by a company representative before they left to pack for a voyage where they could be away from home for up to six months.[16]. 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. 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. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth History Pages. Seesection 7.2. 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. In total the reconversion work cost 1 million. The only signs of White Star which remained were the buff funnels of the BRITANNIC and the GEORGIC. The business was unsuccessful, and closed in August 1970. The document was signed by the master of the ship and the shipping master of the port, and the seaman would sign their name on the back. In early 1955 the QUEEN ELIZABETH was taken out of service for an extended overhaul from 20th January until the end of March. To find a ships official number go to theCrew List Index Project(CLIP) website, which has information about merchant ships from 1855 to 1913, or theMiramar Ship Indexwebsite (subscription required) which lists some categories of merchant and naval ships. 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