The list was kept on board and then sent to the Register Office of Merchant Seamen, the central administration office of the Merchant Navy, on the ships return to Britain. Digitized Passenger ListsOceanic to Ryndam. So much for the cynics who, in the early days of the war, had prophesied that the Queens would lie uselessly alongside their safe pier in New York for the duration of the war! The name of this establishment so caught their fancy that the crew bars on all Cunard liners were subsequently named in its honour. 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. Rodaway Thomas. Paul earned a Masters of Archival Studies - a terminal degree from Clayton State University in Georgia, where he studied under renowned archivist Richard Pearce-Moses. Heavy castings were erected by using derrick poles or sheer legs. Oil was gradually seeping from her ruptured fuel tanks and an inflated boom was floated round the hulk to contain it. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. It remained in the NORMANDIE until the outbreak of war, after which it was returned to the Hanley jewellers who made it. 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. May 11 - 16 First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew). There was great complacency in the Cunard boardroom: people would always prefer to cross the ocean by liner, and preferably by Cunard ! The QUEEN ELIZABETH approaching her wartime anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. Rodaway Thomas. Note: Largest ship built to date. 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. Christopher T Watts and Michael J Watts, My Ancestor Was a Merchant Seaman(Society of Genealogists, second edition with addendum, 2004), Simon Wills,Tracing Your Merchant Navy Ancestors(Pen & Sword, 2012), For quick pointersTuesday to Saturday 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. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy. She docked on the north side of Pier 90 at 5.pm on the afternoon of Thursday, 7th March 1940. Within a few short minutes the plans, hopes and successes of three decades came to an end as syrens boomed out across the water, the whole poignant scene witnessed by just a few passengers braving the night wind. The C.G.T. Breakfast was from 6.30am until 11.am; and dinner from 3.pm to 7.30pm. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at the anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. During the turnround in New York on her second G.I. In May 1936 tenders were opened from John Brown, Cammell Laird, Vickers Armstrong and Swan Hunter. On her maiden voyage in 1928, the German liner BREMEN captured, the Blue Riband of the North Atlantic, crossing from the Bishop Rock. 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. For the purpose of this list, they have been included as Cunard ships. This information will help us make improvements to the website. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at the fitting-out berth at John Brown's shipyard. 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH in the Firth of Clyde (Inchgreen), The QUEEN ELIZABETH passing the Cloch Lighthouse. 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 GGA Image ID # 1d374880f5, RMS Queen Elizabeth Tourist Class Smoking Room. 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. This is not given in the Merchant seaman registers 1835-1857 until 1854. 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. Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. 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. 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. Towards the end of 1940 additional seamen arrived on board the QUEEN ELIZABETH, having travelled from Halifax, N.S. Post War Service: Reconditioned for passenger service. Though it was started it was never finished, due to the economic blizzard in the late 1920s. The truth was rather different, as the QUEEN MARY had a long, ponderous roll in a heavy beam sea which was only cured by the installationof two sets of Denny-Brown stabilisers in the late 1950s. Rodaway Thomas. It was reasoned, therefore, that if the passage time could be reduced to five days, it would be possible for two ships on a fortnightly service to do the work of three. Rear Admiral Carruthers Joseph William. The ship sat like a giant beacon in the middle of Clydebank, visible for miles around. By the beginning of March 1940, Queen Elizabeth was ready for her secret voyage. 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. [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. A search on our catalogue of all the available crew lists is only practical for small ports. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. Not until the Elizabeth had sailed on 2nd March 1940 was it considered safe to release them. The King's Messenger was awaited as he would bring the order to sail. One sample is held by The National Archives and the other by the National Maritime Museum. 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. Any search results will be divided into alphabetical ranges according to the initial letter of the ships name. Cunard's finances were in a very strong state whilst those of White Star were very poor. This anticipated event never occurred and was considered very unlikely to occur, so the well space was plated in and used for additional accommodation. "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. [15] Another factor prompting Queen Elizabeth's departure was the necessity to clear the fitting-out berth at the shipyard for the battleship HMSDuke of York,[15] which was in need of its final fitting-out. For the two meals a day that were provided there were six sittings, each of forty-five minutes. Engines were checked and boilers tested, but only six of the twelve boilers were considered functional for the long passage. Further details of available sources are described in: In 1747, following an Act of Parliament, a fund for the relief of disabled seamen was set up, using money taken from seamens wages. Often the description of a mans conduct, listed under the two headings General Conduct and Ability in Seamanship, consisted of nothing more than the letters VG (Very Good). The salvage tug RESCUE arrived on 16th February as the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY continued her southward drift through the Windward Passage into the Caribbean. Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. 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 other ships that were in Southampton that unhappy morning saluted the QUEEN ELIZABETH as she passed but received no acknowledgement to their respectful signals. As soon as the decision to retire the 'Elizabeth' was made public, her cruises and Western Ocean crossings became popular with those who had travelled on and had loved the ship over the kength of her career. Search inBT 387for agreements and crew lists of allied foreign ships requisitioned or chartered by the British government in the Second World War. [15] [38][39], The wreck also featured in a flashback sequence in an episode of American Dragon: Jake Long. In the event the results have been very far from satisfactory, The Board's decision to withdraw the QUEEN ELIZABETH is part of the unrelenting process of facing realities in its determination to put the Company on to a paying basis.". Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. Passengers: 850 first, 720 cabin, 744 tourist. 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. When he asked for questions, one boy shot up his arm and asked: In November 1942, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was involved in an incident that still remains the subject of much speculation. The climate of southern Florida was much harder on Queen Elizabeth than the climate of southern California was on Queen Mary. These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. May 11 - 16 First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew). This had been included on the Mary to spend the force of any heavy sea that might break over the bow before the water could damage the superstructure. at Southampton which was specially constructed for the 'Queens'. The maiden voyage had been arranged to depart from Southampton on 16th October 1946. GGA Image ID # 1d3776ba5f. After that she sailed to the British naval base at Simonstown, to the south of Cape Town. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. 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. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, these two events were postponed and Cunard's plans were shattered. 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. After a call at Rio de Janeiro, the Elizabeth finally arrived inNew York to begin what became known as the 'G.I. The forms had to be filed within 30 days of the end of June or December. [6] The two liners were replaced with the new, more economical Queen Elizabeth 2. WW2 Service: Throughout World War II she served as a very valuable troopship, completing the long period of duty in March 1946. It was just over thirty years since she had launched the ship at Clydebank. The passenger carrying business was now losing money: 1.9 million in 1962, 1.6 million in 1963 and 3 million in 1965. 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. In early 1955 the QUEEN ELIZABETH was taken out of service for an extended overhaul from 20th January until the end of March. Whilst on the G.I. The QUEEN ELIZABETH in dry dock at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, BC. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. Queen Elizabeth was retired after her final crossing to New York, on 8 December 1968. The QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton on 30th March 1946 and arrived and anchored off Greenock the following day. Sir Percy Bates stressed that "she would be no slavish copy of her sister". In July the ship was sold for $8.64 million to a company called Queen Inc. It occurred one day out of Ceylon and Dr Maguire remembered waking suddenly because the engines were slowing down. 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 two-funnelled MAURETANIA and the, SYLVANIA are berthed at Pier 92. [29] The vessel was finally declared a shipping hazard and dismantled for scrap between December 1974[30] and 1975. In 1972, whilst she was undergoing refurbishment in Hong Kong harbour, a fire broke out aboard under unexplained circumstances, and the ship was capsized by the water used to fight the fire. Shuttle' the two. ", 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. Passenger accommodation in 1960: 800 first, 650 cabin, 700 third. Our collection contains a sampling of what was originally produced and printed by the steamship lines. 1951onwards It was out of the question for the. The continuing popularity of the ', The general assumption that the replacements for the ', Of all the strikes and disputes that hit the QUEEN ELIZABETH, the most catastrophic was the 42-day seamen's strike of May and June 1966. GGA Image ID # 1d3753c0c2, RMS Queen Elizabeth Tourist Class Stateroom. 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 National Maritime Museum holds 10% of agreements and crew lists for 1951-1976. It is estimated that around 4050% of the wreck was still on the seabed. each day in the QUEEN ELIZABETH's first-class restaurant. Top to bottom: the MAURETANIA, the NORMANDIE, the QUEEN MARY. Coincidentally, just one week later, the EMPRESS OF CANADA was burnt out in Gladstone Dock at Liverpool. TheNational Records of Scotlandholds agreements and crew lists under the reference BT 3, covering 1867-1913, for Scottish ships only. The QUEEN ELIZABETH left Gourock for the last time as a troopship on 7th August 1945, flying flags which spelled out: 'Many thanks. There are usually several boxes of records for each port of registry, each box containing an alphabetical range of ships names. Shuttle voyage from Southampton, Commodore James Bisset had the Elizabeth's wartime grey funnels repainted in Cunard's red and black. 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. [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 Company's liners carried 207,563 passengers or 23.95% of the combined total of passengers carried by all transatlantic shipping lines in 1960. in the late 1940s, are (left to right): Elizabeth Sayers, Margaret Morton. Because of the world depression, construction work had not gone very far before it was suspended.. 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'. There was no one on deck, but when the yacht was hailed an old lady appeared from below. WebScenes on the main podium prior the launching, the two Princesses are notable, especially Princess Elizabeth , our future Queen! WebThe eight ships which were passed into the ownership of the new concern were - ALPS, ANDES, BRITISH QUEEN, DAMASCUS, LEBANON, KARNAK, TENERIFFE and TAURUS. The Americans demanded that the QUEEN ELIZABETH be brought up to the new standards of fire protection which would have to include the fitting of additional fire sprinklers and the boxing-in of stairways that could otherwise act as deadly draught tunnels in the event of fire. The majority of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's crew left for home on Cunard's SCYTHIA, leaving just 143 men to form a skeleton crew. If oil were adopted as the best type of fuel, Cunard would always have to bear in mind the possibility of oil shortages, and back in 1926 it had been seriously suggested that the new ships might be generally arranged so that in the case of such an emergency arising it would be possible to convert them to coal burning. [27] The fact that C.Y. 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. 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