WebFirst time the Queen Mary carried American troops (8,398 troops, 905 crew). A major problem to be settled concerned the insurance of the liner while she was being built, together with the future full sea risks when she was operational. The QUEEN MARY was berthed on the south side of Pier 90, and on the north side of Pier 88 lay the French Line's NORMANDIE. The QUEEN ELIZABETH of 1938 never visited the port of Liverpool, but on her stern were the words QUEEN ELIZABETH LIVERPOOL. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. Shuttle, there were six sittings for each of two meals. The Mercantile Marine Act of 1850 required ships masters to also keep a log book to record events on board a ship, which included seamens conduct. The next largest category comprised business travel and if current medical opinion was correct there was a danger that modern airspeed had outstepped the capacity of man to adapt himself to its stress. However, the launching ceremony, which was being broadcast to the nation by radio, did not go without incident. Before 1747 no systematic records of the crew of merchant ships were kept. Tonnage: 83,673. However, to stop the QUEEN ELIZABETH would take considerable time. Queen Elizabeth leaving New York during her last voyage, 1968. Barry Claud Barrington. WebQueen Elizabeth docked at Southampton in 1967. They demanded 50 per man danger money-cum-bonus, but were given 30 plus 5 per month extra pay. Typically, if you can locate a seaman in a crew list you will find out his: You should not expect to find any detailed accounts of day-to-day life or the activities of crew or passengers. At the end of her time at Gourock one thousand Clydebankers ('Bankies') sailed south with the ship to alleviate the acute shortage of local skilled labour at Southampton. In New York she found herself moored alongside both Queen Mary and the French Line's Normandie, the only time all three of the world's largest ocean liners were ever berthed together. The BREMEN's triumphant return to Hamburg after. She then stopped for a few minutes before proceeding on her way. Undoubtedly the incomplete QUEEN ELIZABETH was the greatest dilemma facing John Brown's on the outbreak of war. Sir Basil Smallpiece said: "Although the QUEEN MARY's retirement at the end of 1967 had long been forecast, it had been hoped that the results of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's cruise programme last winter would confirm the viability of the Company's plan to keep her in service when the 'Q.4' [launched as the QUEEN ELIZABETH 2] comes along in 1969. For records from 1915 you can also search from our dedicated1915 crew lists pagefor online transcriptions of the records from that year search results will include records held at the National Maritime Museum so check the held by information on the page to find out where you can view the original document. To identify records held in local archives, searchour catalogueand refine your results using the filters. Contrary to newspaper reports, this additional oil would not enable the world's largest liner to make the round trip without refuelling, but Cunard would be able to save some money if the current price of fuel oil was cheaper in England than the United States, or vice-versa. Although the QUEEN ELIZABETH could carry 2,200 passengers, the number would be limited to about 1,200 whilst cruising. First Armored Infantry Division (15,125 troops, 863 crew). Following the First World War, Germany was building up her passenger fleet from 'scratch' in an era of new developments. Early in the afternoon of 9th November a large, two-funnelled steamer was sighted, some six to seven miles away. WebThe eight ships which were passed into the ownership of the new concern were - ALPS, ANDES, BRITISH QUEEN, DAMASCUS, LEBANON, KARNAK, TENERIFFE and TAURUS. That evening the crew was paid off and just 193 were retained to take the Elizabeth on her delivery voyage to Fort Lauderdale. Chamberlain was also convinced of the tremendous importance from a prestige point of view of new large British ships steaming into New York harbour. and acceptance trials over the Arran Mile, in the Firth of Clyde. [16] As passenger numbers declined, the liners became uneconomic to operate in the face of rising fuel and labour costs. Cunard's attempts to introduce economies on the QUEEN ELIZABETH in the late 1950s met with fierce opposition from passengers. The Official Number was allocated on registration, retained for the life of the ship, and was not reused. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at full speed in the North Atlantic. [21] Queen Elizabeth's engines were capable of driving her to speeds of over 32 knots. This cumbersome organisation had involved double-accounting and separate staffing. WebThe RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. with the man above him practically resting on top of him. On boarding, each G.I. Not until the Elizabeth had sailed on 2nd March 1940 was it considered safe to release them. Mr Tung's plan (he liked to be called 'C Y') was based on an idea first proposed by U Thant, the Secretary General of the United Nations, that a ship be used for educational purposes whilst spreading goodwill and understanding amongst nations and between different cultures. They would follow the natural progression of developments then taking place in marine engineering and in naval architecture. An alternative site was found at Fort Lauderdale in Florida. At the start of the Second World War, it was decided that Queen Elizabeth was so vital to the war effort that she must not have her movements tracked by German spies operating in the Clydebank area. Between 1858 and the First World War, the Merchant Navy did not keep registers of its seamen, so crew lists and agreements are the only records you are likely to find of an individual merchant seaman during this time. Only a little fuel remained after the transatlantic crossing, but a barge moved alongside to take it off as necessary. Discovery is a catalogue of archival records across the UK and beyond, from which you can search 32 million records. These are not two separate documents but one and the same thing; you may see them referred to simply as crew lists, or sometimes simply as agreements. 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. each day in the QUEEN ELIZABETH's first-class restaurant. [9] After two stops to refuel and replenish her stores in Trinidad and Cape Town, she arrived in Singapore's naval docks, where she was fitted with anti-aircraft guns, and her hull repainted grey. The QUEEN MARY gained the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic from the NORMANDIE in 1938, but the Cunard Line always refused to accept the trophy. On 22nd August 1939 it was announced that the maiden voyage of the QUEEN ELIZABETH was scheduled to leave Southampton on 24th April 1940. 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. While waiting for the messenger, the ship was refuelled; adjustments to the compass and some final testing of equipment were also carried out before she sailed to her secret destination. The QUEEN MARY (as '534' became after all the secrecy) was launched nearly six months later on 26th September 1934. end of her 'Farewell Cruise' on 15th November 1968. (The QUEEN MARY had been ship number 534). Whilst on the G.I. Use this guide for advice on how to find British merchant shipping records known as crew lists and agreements, originally known as muster books, and log books. Alternatively, searchThe National Archives library catalogueto see what is available to consult at Kew. The records contain details of UK merchant seamen who served on the ships. They hold 70% of the surviving crew lists and agreements for this period. Finally, Queen Elizabeth was sold to Hong Kong businessman Tung Chao Yung, who intended to convert her into a floating university cruise ship called Seawise University. Not only that, but the company headquarters was transferred from Liverpool to Southampton. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. 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. Air travel increased across the Atlantic by 26% in 1958, whilst sea carryings reduced by just four and a half per cent. The forward Observation Bar on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. A group of the Purser's staff in the Tourist Purser's cabin. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. wartime home port, for the very last time on 12th March 1966. At first it was proposed that work on the, Questions were soon asked in Parliament as to what possible use the two Cunard leviathans could be in wartime. Queen Elizabeth and her daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret joined the QUEEN ELIZABETH for the trials on 7th October. -__________________________________________________________, Cunard Line QUEEN ELIZABETH of 1938, Part 1, Cunard Line QUEEN ELIZABETH of 1938, Part 2, Arrivals & DeparturesQueen Elizabeth Southampton 1950, (from an original painting by Robert Lloyd). 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. With the aid of two local tugs the liner finally put down two anchors some six miles off Oranjestad, Aruba. 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. The National Maritime Museum holds 10% of agreements and crew lists for 1951-1976. Log books were deposited after each foreign voyage, or half-yearly for home trade ships. After several crossings with Joey on board, the crew began to grumble that the weather seemed to have taken a turn for the worse. The passage time to Nassau would be 39 hours each way, giving passengers almost two full days there. Two thousand men were ferried out daily to work on the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY as she lay at anchor off Hong Kong. For the purpose of this list, they have been included as Cunard ships. At 3.pm the liner commenced her northward run over the Arran measured mile and covered the course in 2 minutes 1.3 seconds which gave an average speed of 29.71 knots. Queen Elizabeth with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. The tourist-class cabins on D-Deck were always very warm despite every effort to provide adequate ventilation, and air-conditioning was urgently required. 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. Within each box the lists are randomly arranged. The American liner made 44 Atlantic crossings and carried 70,104 passengers in 1955. With Japan and the United States entering the war after the debacle of Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was laid up at Sydney for seven weeks. It took about an hour to manoeuvre the ship's head downstream towards the sea and gradually a crowd of several hundred gathered to watch the QUEEN ELIZABETH slip quietly, almost furtively, by. Both Queen Elizabeth and Churchill sent messages of congratulation to Captain Townley. Cunard had insisted that he sail with the ship on her supposed coastal voyage as part of a ruse to throw enemy agents off the scent as to her actual destination. From the outset the intention had been to operate a two-ship service on the North Atlantic. He wrote in his private diary: "My own airm has always been to use '534' as a lever for bringing about a merger between the Cunard and White Star Lines, thus establishing one strong British company in the North Atlantic trade.". The ELIZABETH (the prefix 'Queen' was dropped at Cunard's request) was opened to the public on 14th February 1969. The Mercantile Marine Act of 1850 required masters to keep a ships Official Log to record events on board including: Logs were deposited after each foreign voyage, or half-yearly for home trade ships. Search by name of ship inBT 100for the agreements and crew lists of a selection of celebrated ships. However the QUEEN ELIZABETH still carried a full complement on occasions: over 2,000 passengers were on board on one eastbound sailing in June, 1963. 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. To locate crew lists for these years you will need to know the name of the ship on which an individual seaman sailed. She was nonetheless a popular ship. 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. her summer overhaul in the King George V dry dock. The RESCUE could not handle the ship on her own and so a second tug was summoned. After the formal speeches had been completed there was a pause as high tide and slack water were awaited. October 2 The two ships' real potential had yet to be appreciated. 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. Shuttle'. It was out of the question for the. TheNational Records of Scotlandholds agreements and crew lists under the reference BT 3, covering 1867-1913, for Scottish ships only. GGA Image ID # 1d3753c0c2, RMS Queen Elizabeth Tourist Class Stateroom. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. The Clyde Navigation Trust indicated that the dredged channel in the Clyde would not be ready before the end of February 1940. On 26th October 1958 the first American commercial jet took off for Paris and a whole new era was born. 160,000 s.h.p. The summer overhauls for the 'Queens' were abandoned in 1962 which meant that the two liners would both be available at the height of the tourist season, instead of being 'off duty' for a week to ten days. 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