All twelve boilers had been reconditioned and her four engines thoroughly overhauled. Only the berth at John Brown could accommodate the King George V-class battleships. 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". Sir John went on to say that he believed 1962 would show an improvement over 1961, but it was impossible to say how much at that stage. At a boat drill on 27th February the assembled crew were told of Churchill's order that the ship was to leave British waters. They blamed it all on Joey and reports finally got back to the Commodore who ruled that Joey must go ! ", 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. 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. It can be appreciated that the jibe that Great Britain charged $100 a head to take soldiers to the battlefields of Europe was calculated to be extremely hurtful to Anglo-American friendship. 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. Try search terms such as ship register or registrar general shipping and seamen. [19], Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were both used as troop transports[20] during the war. At first it was proposed that work on the Elizabeth would gradually be brought to a standstill as men transferred to warship work. The extent of original materials at the GG Archives can be very beneficial when researching your family's migration from Europe. A large amount of tropical growth that was fouling the liner's bottom plates needed to be removed: it was estimated that the growth reduced her speed by two knots or more. They became an establishment, a familiar sight to those who saw them arriving and departing, and a way of life to the crew who sailed them. After a ghost-like voyage across the Atlantic the QUEEN ELIZABETH arrived off the Florida coast on Saturday 7th December 1968. From 1845 onwards the following lists were being used: Schedules C, D and A, B, G. sails up the Hudson (the North River) to her berth at Pier 90. It occurred one day out of Ceylon and Dr Maguire remembered waking suddenly because the engines were slowing down. In mid Atlantic on 6th June she steamed 700 miles at an average of 30.43 knots, her fastest day's run since entering passenger service after the war. Cherbourg was chosen as the French port for the new ships as it had deeper water and a larger harbour than Le Havre. Quadruple-screw, 31 knots. This enabled a third anchor, the bower, to be carried allowing the anchr to fall well clear of the stem. ", The QUEEN ELIZABETH docking on the north side of Cunard's Pier 90, in the North River, Manhattan. Bdmn. Captain Marr decided to signal for tugs. Queen Elizabeth launches the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Archive British Pathe film footage of the launch can be viewed by logging on to: < British Pathe The Queen launches the QUEEN ELIZABETH 1938 >, The QUEEN ELIZABETH enters the waters of the River Clyde, The crowds at John Brown's shipyard at the launch, The QUEEN ELIZABETH is towed round to the fitting-out basin at, John Brown's shipyard, following her successful launch. Lady Assistant Pursers were introduced on the Cunard liners after the, Second World War. At eleven o'clock that evening Captain Townley opened his sealed orders and the Elizabeth's destination was at last known - New York. 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. Four years and one day after the launch of the QUEEN MARY, on Tuesday 27th September 1938, Queen Elizabeth, who was Queen Mary's daughter-in-law, consort of her son King George VI, stood at the head of the same slipway on which the QUEEN MARY had been built. 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. [22] Despite specifications similar to those of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth never held the Blue Riband, for Cunard White Star chairman Sir Percy Bates asked that the two ships do not try to compete against each other. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at the fitting-out berth at John Brown's shipyard. The RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. 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. It was decided to steam her all the way and a Chinese crew was flownto Florida, along with workers from Mr Tung's own shipyard. wartime home port, for the very last time on 12th March 1966. 1951onwards In July 1962 Sir John Brocklebank, the chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company, said that the QUEEN ELIZABETH still had many years to go and mechanically could be kept competitive for the foreseeable future. Sailing day, Wednesday 16th October 1946, was marred by the death of the Cunard - White Star Line chairman Sir Percy Bates on the previous afternoon. The rest, up to 1989, have been destroyed. pp. The continuing popularity of the 'Queens' was shown by the fact that they carried 110,800 passengers between them in 1960. Eight days later the 'slow boat to China' arrived at Hong Kong. Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were used as troop transports during the Second World War. Following this ultimatum the Southern Railway decided to go ahead with the construction of a dry dock 1,200 feet in length, 135 feet wide and 48 feet deep, with a wide area outside the entrance for the ship to swing. The 'Queens' experienced many difficulties when navigating the Solent due to yacht manoeuvres. All Digitized Passenger Lists For the RMS Queen Elizabeth Available at the GG Archives. 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. Because of a strike by New York tugboat men there was a possibility that the QUEEN ELIZABETH would be diverted to Halifax. They include registers of engagement, articles of agreement, registers of discharge, registers of deserters, and employment history records. During the first weekend of the war her newly erected forward funnel, resplendent in Cunard red and black, was hastily overpainted in grey. [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. 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. 1951onwards The QUEEN ELIZABETH almost ready for launching, The QUEEN ELIZABETH towers over the tenements of Clydebank. Shuttle', her first such voyage leaving New York for the Clyde on 5th June 1942. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. Gourock farewell'. Commodore Geoffrey Marr compared the departure to the farewell given to the, 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. There are usually several boxes of records for each port of registry, each box containing an alphabetical range of ships names. In 1928 the Germans launched the BREMEN and the EUROPA. Crew lists and agreements were either for foreign voyages or foreign trade or home voyages or home trade. The following morning a small coastal collier was seen in the Irish Sea wallowing along at 6 knots. October 2 The American liner made 44 Atlantic crossings and carried 70,104 passengers in 1955. 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. 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. 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. Promenade deck 724 feet long. 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. A temporary electrical fault had developed with the. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at full speed in the North Atlantic. WebThe National Records of Scotland holds agreements and crew lists under the reference BT 3, covering 1867-1913, for Scottish ships only. The keel, boilers and engines remained at the bottom of the harbour, and the area was marked as "Foul" on local sea charts, warning ships not to try to anchor there. her summer overhaul in the King George V dry dock. Some 30 Cunard staff had been retained, mostly engineers to assist in running the boilers and generators. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was now equipped to carry 15,000 troops although the numbers were reduced to 12,000 in the winter months. 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. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was During the first weekend of the war her newly erected forward funnel, resplendent in Cunard red and black, was hastily overpainted in grey. After disembarking the U.S. troops at Sydney on 6th April 1942, the QUEEN ELIZABETH remained in port for thirteen days before sailing for Fremantle on 19th April. 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. Throughout the 'G.I. A skilled craftsman working on the QUEEN ELIZABETH earned just 3.2s.0d for a 47-hour work. CPO. The ELIZABETH (the prefix 'Queen' was dropped at Cunard's request) was opened to the public on 14th February 1969. 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 Americans were characteristically amazed and within five days had removed the Australian hammocks and bunks, and in their place had fitted fold-down 'Standee' beds, made of tubular steel and easy to clean canvas webbing. 534 was laid on 27th December 1930. The small vessel's skipper hoisted a flag signal: "What ship is that?" She first entered service in February 1940 as a troopship in the Second World War, and it was not until October 1946 that she served in her intended role as an ocean liner. Contact them directly to find out more. Post War Service: Reconditioned for passenger service. Sir Percy Bates told the Southern Railway that it was a question of 'no dry dock, no ship'. [6] The two liners were replaced with the new, more economical Queen Elizabeth 2. After that she sailed to the British naval base at Simonstown, to the south of Cape Town. 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. 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. Marr recommended that Seawise University be towed to the New Territories, but Tung and his crew were convinced that they could sail the ship there using just the aft engines and boilers. The Official Number was allocated on registration, retained for the life of the ship, and was not reused. With a design that improved upon that of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth was a slightly larger ship, the largest passenger liner ever built at that time and for 56 years thereafter. Cunard hoped that its continuing involvement with the QUEEN ELIZABETH would reap worthwhile benefits in the years to come. During the turnround in New York on her second G.I. The submarine dived and the captain identified the ship as the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. This will findBT 98/6795which covers ships numbers 25801-25834 for the year 1860. Two fins were fitted on each side of the hull. But the QUEEN ELIZABETH made only 38 crossings and yet carried 66,000 passengers, giving a average of 1,752. By converting water tanks, an additional 1,000 tons of fuel, or about one day's comsumption, could be carried. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. The Elizabeth carried 5,600 Australian troops to bolster the defences of Egypt against the enemy's incursions into North Africa. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. This was the catalyst, but not the only cause, of the withdrawal of the two 'Queens'. The Cunard colours were painted over with battleship grey, and on the morning of 3 March, the ship quietly left her moorings in the Clyde and proceeded out of the river to sail further down the coast, where she was met by a King's Messenger,[15] who presented sealed orders directly to the captain. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. 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. Neville Chamberlain now had the difficult task of steering the North Atlantic Shipping (Advances) Bill through the tortuous channels of Parliament. The Elizabeth's final round voyage to New York left Southampton on 23rd October 1968. Log books were deposited after each foreign voyage, or half-yearly for home trade ships. Sir Percy Bates told Commodore Bisset: The following day, 8th October, four hundred guests of the Cunard Company boarded the QUEEN ELIZABETH for the return passage to Southampton. 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