Eventually both the House of Commons and the House of Lords voted and the Bill was passed on 27th March 1934. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. The Australians also needed what was left of their depleted army for their country's own defence in case of Japanese invasion. Chamberlain was also convinced of the tremendous importance from a prestige point of view of new large British ships steaming into New York harbour. [6] The two liners were replaced with the new, more economical Queen Elizabeth 2. 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. Colonel Bates declared that Cunard philosophy had always been that air and sea travel are complementary rather than competitive on the North Atlantic. 1951onwards 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. Other than for Southampton's Albion Band, the quayside was almost bereft of well-wishers. 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. This awe-inspiring warship is capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft. ', The QUEEN ELIZABETH slips away from Southampton for the, last time in the early morning fog of 28th November 1968. The Maritime History Archive search their Crew List Index by ships official number. Public interest in the ELIZABETH quickly waned and by June 1969 the liner was again up for sale. REINA DEL MAR PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION CO. The King's Messenger was awaited as he would bring the order to sail. Cunard hoped that its continuing involvement with the QUEEN ELIZABETH would reap worthwhile benefits in the years to come. [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]. 1951onwards On 1st January 1950 the Cunard Steamship Company took over its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cunard - White Star. 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. Two masts and two funnels. Tung, the head of the Orient Overseas Line, intended to convert the vessel into a university for the World Campus Afloat program (later reformed and renamed as Semester at Sea). Commenced her first regular Southampton-New York voyage, October 16, 1946, making the crossing in four days, 16 hours, 18 minutes. Sir Basil Smallpiece said: Like a Greek tragedy the tale of woe gathered force. 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 new centrally-placed companionway is in place in this photo and there's a repaint where the ladders once were. Sir Percy Bates said that he liked to think that the Queens had, by their troop carrying capacities, shortened the war by a whole year. In May 1936 tenders were opened from John Brown, Cammell Laird, Vickers Armstrong and Swan Hunter. Cunard's appropriated pilot, Captain Bowyer, was not available as he was 'fogbound' on another vessel. 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. 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. As the moment arrived for the launch, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was delicately balanced on her slipway and for many hours previously, because of the removal of most of the supporting timbers, an almost imperceptible movement had already taken place. These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. In early 1955 the QUEEN ELIZABETH was taken out of service for an extended overhaul from 20th January until the end of March. Apparently the torpedo had exploded well away from the ship. Names and Register Tickets of Crew (Foreign Trade) (Schedule G)A list of the crew, with their Register Ticket numbers, to be filed for a foreign-going ship on sailing. Because of a strike by New York tugboat men there was a possibility that the QUEEN ELIZABETH would be diverted to Halifax. Contact them directly to find out more. Additional competition in the form of the new UNITED STATES would also be a factor from mid 1952. 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. Recently introduced legislation by the International Maritime Commission also influenced the board's decision. The Cunard Line carried 177,547 passengers across the North Atlantic in 1961, 30,000 below the previous year's total. [18] Initially she carried Australian troops to theatres of operation in Asia and Africa. These agreements are unlikely to be held in any archive in the UK, but if any do survive, they may be in the archives of shipping companies such as P&O or the British India Steam Navigation Company, or in the East India Company Archives held at the British Library. Quadruple-screw, 31 knots. During two years of near neglect, deterioration had rapidly set in, especially in the fragile boiler tubes. 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. Together with Queen Mary and in competition with the American liners SSUnited States and SSAmerica, Queen Elizabeth dominated the transatlantic passenger trade until their fortunes began to decline with the advent of the faster and more economical jet airliner in the late 1950s. Mildenhall Wilfred Charles. [19] After 1942, the two Queens were relocated to the North Atlantic for the transportation of American troops to Europe. From the passengers' point of view it had the disadvantage of being 100 miles further away from Paris than Le Havre. Dimensions, 987' x 118' The charred remnants of her last ensign were cut from the flagpole and framed in 1972, and still adorn the wall of the officers' mess of marine police HQ in Hong Kong. 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 Italians put the largest motor ship in the world, the AUGUSTUS, into service, and the White Star Line had laid down a new liner at Belfast. 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 QUEEN MARY photographed in mid-Atlantic. Keel laid on December 4, 1936. The QUEEN MARY (as '534' became after all the secrecy) was launched nearly six months later on 26th September 1934. Queen Elizabeth leaving New York during her last voyage, 1968. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had a heavily raked bow. War seemed very much to be a likelihood on that September day, but the King had sent a message which Queen Elizabeth incorporated into her speech. During the five years she had carried 300,000 passengers. An alternative site was found at Fort Lauderdale in Florida. The view from the top of the shipyard crane of the. 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. [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. Crew lists and agreements for Indian crew (or lascars) of British registered ships who enlisted on the Indian sub-continent are called Asiatic agreements. There are usually several boxes of records for each port of registry, each box containing an alphabetical range of ships names. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth History Pages. Rodaway Thomas. 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, ____________________________________________________, "The great solid block that is the headquarters of the Cunard Steamship Company stands on the Liverpool waterfront, beaten by the wind and the rain, bleached by the sun, facing the grey-brown waters of the River Mersey. ", The QUEEN ELIZABETH docking on the north side of Cunard's Pier 90, in the North River, Manhattan. 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) It is said that ship repairers always complain that shipowners never give them long enough to complete annual overhauls. 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. AB. With the passage of time the area of Hong Kong harbour where the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex Cunard - White Star liner QUEEN ELIZABETH) lay has been filled in and a new airport built on the reclaimed land. v3.0, date and place of joining and leaving the ship, reason for leaving the ship, whether discharged, drowned, or otherwise, the amount of money invested in the fund by each crew member (this was calculated on a pro rata basis at 6d per month), how disposed of (the nature of the seamans departure from the ship, whether discharged, drowned or otherwise). May 11 - 16 First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew). CPO. 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. The ships are listed alphabetically by name in the paper catalogue. On being told that she should not leave the yacht's helm unattended, she shouted that she had gone below to boil some milk! Rear Admiral Carruthers Joseph William. 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. 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. But the prime reason for the day's visit was for the Queen to unveil a portrait of herself. GGA Image ID # 1d3753c0c2, RMS Queen Elizabeth Tourist Class Stateroom. For $7.75 the QUEEN ELIZABETH was sold to a group of Philadelphia businessmen. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. Use the search box in BT 99 to search by name of ship or official number. The National Archives holds all the surviving crew lists and agreements for the Second World War and the succeeding years up to 1950. end of her 'Farewell Cruise' on 15th November 1968. That evening the crew was paid off and just 193 were retained to take the, In the early morning fog of 28th November 1968, the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton for the last time. 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. Years indicate year of entry into Cunard service. Sanders Samuel Donald . 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. Cunard had warned the new buyers against carrying passengers and would have nothing to do with the bookings, but nevertheless carried the blame in the eyes of the disgruntled 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. 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. [28], The ship was destroyed by the fire, and the water sprayed on her by fireboats caused the burnt wreck to sink in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was reported as being in excellent shape with her engines in tip-top condition. REINA DEL PACIFICO PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION. Many do not survive at all whilst significant proportions of those that do survive are held at other archives, most notably: The National Archives holds the following proportions of surviving crew lists and agreements after 1861: Local archives took some of the records for the period 1863-1913 (see section 12). GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385. 'The Times' in its special Cunard - White Star Supplement of 27th September 1938 (the date of the Elizabeth's launch) said that: 'no practicable installation of this type [gyro stabilisers] could possibly be of the slightest use in vessels the size of the QUEEN MARY and QUEEN ELIZABETH to date the safest and easiest crossings are secured by sheer size, coupled with good form design, bilge keels of practicable dimensions and careful experienced seamanship. Questions were soon asked in Parliament as to what possible use the two Cunard leviathans could be in wartime. CPO. Neville Chamberlain now had the difficult task of steering the North Atlantic Shipping (Advances) Bill through the tortuous channels of Parliament. Just after midnight on 25th September 1967 the two 'Queens' passed each other in mid-Atlantic, the QUEEN MARY makingher final eastbound transatlantic crossing. 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. [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. [21], The ship ran aground on a sandbank off Southampton on 14 April 1947, and was re-floated the following day. Over 3,000 tons had to be pumped out eventually at a cost of 140,000 to Mr Tung. [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. Her propellers were removed and cleaned and the underwater hull cleaned and painted. All these quickly spread, fanned carried by the ample supply of air coming into the ship through the open shell doors. On 28th July 1948 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by their younger daughter Princess Margaret Rose, were received on board the QUEEN ELIZABETH, the flagship of Britain's merchant fleet. INS forms used to record information about passengers, crew members, and aliens: Form 680 or I-480, List or Manifest of Aliens Employed on the Vessel as Members of the Crew (used in 1945) Form I-481, List or Manifest of all Persons Employed on a Great Lakes Vessel (used in 1945) October 2 WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. The business was unsuccessful, and closed in August 1970. Bisset was under strict instructions from Sir Percy Bates, who was also aboard the trials, that all that was required from the ship was two measured runs of no more than 30 knots and that she was not permitted to attempt to attain a higher speed record than Queen Mary. 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. 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. On a particularly rough crossing in April 1955, during which there were gusts of wind to 70mph and a heavy swell of up to 50 feet, nearly 100 passengers and members of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's crew were hurt. 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