RMS Queen Elizabeth. RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line.
With her running mate Queen Mary, she provided luxury liner service between Southampton, UK and New York City, USA via Cherbourg, France. She was also contracted for over twenty years to carry the Royal Mail as the second half of the two ships' weekly express service. While being constructed, in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, she was known as Hull 552[2] but when launched, on 27 September 1938, she was named in honour of Queen Elizabeth, who was then Queen Consort to King George VI and in 1952 became the Queen Mother.
RMS Queen Elizabeth. Statistics These statistics are derived from NRP Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway, 5 vols, David & Charles, 1975-80.
Cunard is covered in volume 1. Gross Tonnage - 83,673 tons Dimensions - 300.94 x 36.14m (987.4 x 118.6ft) Number of funnels - 2 Number of masts - 2 Construction - Steel Propulsion - Quadruple screw Engines - Single reduction steam turbines Service speed - 29 knots Builder - John Brown & Co Ltd, Glasgow Launch date - 27 September 1938 Passenger accommodation - 823 1st class, 662 cabin class, 798 tourist class Details of Career. RMS. QUEEN ELIZABETH. Queen Elizabeth was the largest ship in the world at that time.
Queen Elizabeth Homepage - Chris' Cunard Page - Queen Elizabeth. TGOL - Queen Elizabeth. Image. R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth. Letter Card Photograph Engine Room Postcards Modern (1982) Reproduction.
RMS Queen Elizabeth – The Forgotten Queen. July 15, 2009 by 3QueensGirl On my June 2009 travel on the Queen Mary 2 I was seated next to a lovely couple for Florida.
They have been long time Cunarders and told me how they got into ‘cruising’. Years ago, as a very young couple, they travelled on the Queen Elizabeth, the original one. They lacked the money to travel First Class but they got a good glimpse of it. Queen Elizabeth - Chris' Cunard Page - History of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth was the second of the two super liners which Cunard had built for the New York service.
After lengthy negotiations between Sir Percy Bates, Chairman of Cunard, and the Government a formal contract for what was known as job 552 was signed on 6th October 1936. The British Treasury agreed to advance £5 million to Cunard and tenders went out for the contract. The contract went to John Brown & Co, builders of the Queen Mary. The launch date for Hull no. 552 was scheduled for September 1938, however as the time drew near the political situation across Europe worsened. Classic Liners and Cruise Ships - Queen Elizabeth. RMS Queen Elizabeth - 1939 - Page Two. Please Note: Firefox and some other search engines are not suitable – Use “Internet Explorer” for this page to load perfectly!
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SHIPBUILDING BOOM - CLYDE YARDS ON FULL TIME. <div id="videoNoJS">Please ensure you have JavaScript turned on and have the latest version of <a href=" target="_blank">Adobe Flash</a> installed</div> Star Item shipbuilding-boom-clyde-yards-on-full-time Description Titles read: "SHIPBUILDING BOOM - CLYDE YARDS ON FULL TIME".
(Blank section after titles to 01:30:22.) River Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Visuals cut in to show various shots of the shipyards on the River Clyde; workers walking along. More Visuals cut in to show various shots of the shipyards on the River Clyde; workers walking along. Section with natural sound shows two shipbuilders talking to each other about how pleased they are to be back in work (a few seconds of the footage is missing in the middle of the sequence). Less. 1955: Queen Elizabeth sails on schedule. 1955: Queen Elizabeth sails on schedule Striking seamen have failed to delay the sailing of the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner which left Southampton on schedule this afternoon.
The 83,673 ton Cunard liner set sail for New York at 1358BST with a full crew and 1,300 passengers despite last minute attempts to persuade her staff to join the industrial action. The unofficial strike, which began on 31 May in Liverpool, has seen sailings cancelled from Southampton and Liverpool, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. The dissatisfied seamen are demanding improved working conditions, including reduced working hours from 70 per week to 44, better accommodation and "shop stewards" on their ships. The Queen Elizabeth Catches Fire in Hong Kong Harbor. The RMS Queen Elizabeth, a 83,000-ton ocean liner, was the largest ship in the world when it launched in 1938.
It was retired 30 years later and subsequently purchased by Chinese shipping tycoon C.Y. Tung, who brought the ship to Hong Kong to be converted to a floating school called “Seawise University.” On the morning of Sunday, Jan. 9, 1972, while the Queen Elizabeth was anchored in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour, a series of fires suddenly broke out aboard the ship, forcing hundreds of visiting shipyard workers and their families to evacuate the ship. John A. Firefighting boats tried to extinguish the fire for the next 24 hours, but they could not prevent the ship from capsizing.
Queen Elizabeth's Mysterious Sinking. Lakeland Ledger - Google News Archive Search. RMS Queen Elizabeth: final resting place.