with U.S. troops on a G.I. 1951onwards Alternatively, browseBT 98/564-4758to view all the ports covered for this period and the alphabetical ranges of ships for each port. Crew lists and agreements were either for foreign voyages or foreign trade or home voyages or home trade. [15] Be that as it may, John Thorneycroft's staff at Southampton were set a formidable task with the QUEEN ELIZABETH's overhaul in January 1953. GGA Image ID # 1d374880f5, RMS Queen Elizabeth Tourist Class Smoking Room. On the right hand side was the certificate of discharge, which had spaces to fill in the name of the ship, official number, port of registry, registered tonnage, port of departure, name of seaman, date of birth, place of birth, capacity, date of entry into crew lists, place and date of discharge. Top to bottom: the MAURETANIA, the NORMANDIE, the QUEEN MARY. The liner is equipped with two sets of stabilizers. Looking astern over the cabin-class sports deck. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY was comparatively underpowered and manned by an inexperienced crew. Just after midnight on 25th September 1967 the two, The QUEEN MARY found a buyerin the form of the City of Long Beach, California and she left Southampton on 31st October 1967 carrying 1,000 passengers on what was billed as 'The Last Great Cruise', involving a passage around Cape Horn. The ELIZABETH (the prefix 'Queen' was dropped at Cunard's request) was opened to the public on 14th February 1969. 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 September 1959 an announcement was made to the effect that an independent committee of three, headed by Lord Chandos, had been set up to examine the Cunard Company's proposals for replacing the 'Queens'. The liner's new owners were by now in financial difficulty and Cunard stepped in to moderate a worsening situation by more or less taking over the new venture. At 11.15am the following day the QUEEN ELIZABETH was safely berthed at Port Everglades and the final, often fatal, order on the bridge telegraph was rung to the engine room: 'Finished with Engines'. During this time, and for a while after, she was under American control through a lend-lease agreement. On 11th July Bates replied asking Piggot to, Cunard was determined that the new ship would be based on the latest revolutionary developments that had taken place in naval architecture and marine engineering. The maiden voyage had been arranged to depart from Southampton on 16th October 1946. The contract was signed on 6th October 1936 and the keel of ship number 552 was laid on 4th December. The submarine dived and the captain identified the ship as the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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) Mr Tung proposed to name his ship the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY. During her 1953 overhaul, two fires broke out on board the QUEEN ELIZABETH in dry dock. Sanders Samuel Donald . The Japanese wanted her for a marine science museum in time for the 1970 Tokyo World Fair. Passengers: 850 first, 720 cabin, 744 tourist. two express steamers became a reality in August, 1947. They were filed at the Register Office of Merchant Seamen, the forerunner of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (RGSS). All these record series are indexed on theRecord Search database. There were four fins, two on either side of the ship. The QUEEN ELIZABETH approaching her wartime anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. Flt.Lt. The first-class restaurant on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Tonnage: 83,673. This is, indeed, the very heart of a shipping city, where, standing in the windows of that building, one can see the ships of all nations passing by in procession at tide-time, almost as mundanely as the trams whose terminus is at the water's edge. [25] However, the strategy did not prove successful, owing to the ship's deep draught, which prevented her from entering various island ports, her width, which prevented her from using the Panama Canal, and also her high fuel costs. It was out of the question for the Elizabeth to sail up to John Brown's shipyard at Clydebank, so it was planned to ferry men and equipment out to the liner as she lay at anchor off the Tail of the Bank. The whole affair turned into a spectacular fiasco as the ', The QUEEN ELIZABETH's final season on the Atlantic was uneventful other than for the enthusiasm expressed by her regular passengers who wanted to sail in her just one last time. 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. 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. 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. Click onBT 98to search by date and name of British port where the ship was registered. 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. Undoubtedly the incomplete QUEEN ELIZABETH was the greatest dilemma facing John Brown's on the outbreak of war. WebThe Queen Elizabeth is the newest addition to the Cunard Line and made its debut voyage in October 2010. In the entrance channel to the harbour at Port Everglades a second boiler blew and the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY now had just four boilers functioning out of a possible twelve. The purpose of the visit was to enable Queen Elizabeth to present the ship with her personal standard, to be framed and hung in the first-class restaurant. The lady then tied her yacht up to a buoy (a forbidden practice carrying a heavy fine), and two days later Southampton Harbour Board received a letter from the lady alleging her yacht had been 'interfered with' by the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Winter cruises from New York to the West Indies were poorly patronised and one was cancelled and replaced with an unscheduled Atlantic crossing. New York Mayor John Lindsay boarded the QUEEN ELIZABETH on sailing day 30th October to bid an official 'farewell'. In January 1957 the Cunard Line announced that it had carried 275,500 passengers across the Atlantic in 1956, an increase of 16,500 over its 1955 carryings. Sir Percy Bates stressed that, The NORMANDIE had one edge on the QUEEN MARY in being aesthetically more pleasing through her revolutionary streamlining and lack of visible deck 'clutter'. August 2 - 7 First time a complete division was carried on any ship. research. Over the next few months Mr C.Y. Search by ships name or number inBT 165 for selected logs covering the periods 1902-1920. Suggestions ranged from laying up the, At a boat drill on 27th February the assembled crew were told of Churchill's order that the ship was to leave British waters. The troops would board the, The safety of the troops during these solo high-speed dashes across the Atlantic was not considered to be paramount in the minds of those at the top. Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel without a convoy. 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. [5] She was launched on 27 September 1938 and named in honour of Queen Elizabeth, who was later known as the Queen Mother. That evening the crew was paid off and just 193 were retained to take the Elizabeth on her delivery voyage to Fort Lauderdale. Four torpedoes were fired and the U-Boat followed their course. [17] In mid-March, carrying 8,000 American soldiers, Queen Elizabeth began a 7,700-mile voyage from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia. Colonel Bates declared that Cunard philosophy had always been that air and sea travel are complementary rather than competitive on the North Atlantic. Following the First World War, Germany was building up her passenger fleet from 'scratch' in an era of new developments. Though it was started it was never finished, due to the economic blizzard in the late 1920s. L.Sea. The National Archives of Australia has a large number of record series concerning ships crews and the merchant navy. on her departure from the Clyde on 12th March 1966. Bdmn. The Company injected $1 million into a new company called 'The Elizabeth (Cunard) Corporation' and held an 85% share. In the early morning fog of 28th November 1968, the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton for the last time. 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. After Esquimalt the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed for San Francisco, and, on arrival, briefly ran aground near the Golden Gate Bridge. To find a ships official number go to theCrew List Index Project(CLIP) website, which has information about merchant ships from 1855 to 1913, or theMiramar Ship Indexwebsite (subscription required) which lists some categories of merchant and naval ships. being transported (not for $100) in the QUEEN ELIZABETH who, in a burst of enthusiasm, said to one of the officers: "Say, why can't you British build a ship like this?" Following his retirement, Sir James was in great demand as a lecturer and one day was telling some schoolchildren of the days when 2,000 lbs of bacon and 32,000 eggs were cooked for breakfast every day. Both fires were considered suspicious and detectives questioned 2,000 Thorneycroft workmen and some 400 crew. For the purpose of this list, they have been included as Cunard ships. In September 1969 a hurricane warning caused the then almost deserted ship to be partially scuttled to prevent her tearing away from her berth. WebThe National Records of Scotland holds agreements and crew lists under the reference BT 3, covering 1867-1913, for Scottish ships only. When Cunard requested that the Americans send over an inspector to approve the improvement work as it progressed, the authorities declined. All these quickly spread, fanned carried by the ample supply of air coming into the ship through the open shell doors. Reliable boilers would have to be chosen as there would be no opportunity for boiler cleaning in port. They blamed it all on Joey and reports finally got back to the Commodore who ruled that Joey must go ! Whilst in Singapore many of the crew frequented a pub called the, After leaving Singapore the QUEEN ELIZABETH headed for Sydney. It was just over thirty years since she had launched the ship at Clydebank. [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. The vessel was sold to Queen Ltd of Port Everglades on 19 July 1969. To a post-war Britain she was to become what the, The QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton on 30th March 1946 and arrived and anchored off Greenock the following day. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH). Queen Elizabeth leaving New York during her last voyage, 1968. the NORMANDIE, the QUEEN MARY and the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Gourock farewell'. May 11 - 16 First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew). During the five years she had carried 300,000 passengers. Two masts and two funnels. The 5 million was released on 28th July. [9], The new ship improved upon the design of Queen Mary[10] with sufficient changes, including a reduction in the number of boilers to twelve instead of Queen Mary's twenty-four, that the designers could discard one funnel and increase deck, cargo and passenger space. She had crossed the North Atlantic Ocean 896 times in peacetime, and had carried 2,300,000 passengers, steaming 3,472,675 nautical miles in the process, On 6th November 1968 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother visited the ship for the very last time. The Clydebank yard was awarded the contract with a tender of 4,293,000. 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. Across the Channel at Cherbourg the French authorities had proved much more amenable. August 2 - 7 First time a complete division was carried on any ship. To find a crew list and agreement from 1855 onwards, you will need to know the ships official number. Cabins designed for two passengers were equipped with. With the decline in popularity of the transatlantic route, both ships were replaced by the smaller, more economical Queen Elizabeth 2, which made her maiden voyage in 1969. In an lighter vein, it should not be forgotten that it was a G.I. Completed by the masters of ships engaged in the coastal or fishing trade, giving the voyages and crew for the preceding half year, and was to be filed within 21 days of the end of June or December. After a call at Rio de Janeiro, the Elizabeth finally arrived inNew York to begin what became known as the 'G.I. The King George V Dock at Southampton, specially built for the 'Queens' was unusable because it was within range of Nazi bombers; the use of the American dock at Bayonne, New Jersey, was denied because of U.S. neutrality; the Esquimault dock on the west coast of Canada was just too far away, and the French dock at St Nazaire (built for the NORMANDIE) was out of the question. [16] As passenger numbers declined, the liners became uneconomic to operate in the face of rising fuel and labour costs. In late 1961 Cunard installed fruit machines (popularly known as one-armed bandits) on the QUEEN ELIZABETH and was immediately criticised for resorting to such a revenue-producing device on a luxury liner of this class. During her construction she was more commonly known by her shipyard number, Hull 552. [13] Cunard's plan was for the ship to be launched in September 1938, with fitting-out intended to be complete for the ship to enter service in the spring of 1940. But the QUEEN ELIZABETH made only 38 crossings and yet carried 66,000 passengers, giving a average of 1,752. The first was New Zealand and the second was Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Group of islands. There was a great rumpus and the yacht owner was traced. Half-yearly crew lists for ships on home voyages (Schedule D) With the introduction in 1855 of a central registry, all ships were given an official number as soon as practicable. Typical winter conditions in the North Atlantic. Sir Percy Bates told the Southern Railway that it was a question of 'no dry dock, no ship'. The following afternoon, Tuesday 27th February, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was officially handed over to Cunard - White Star at 3.pm as she lay at anchor at the Tail of the Bank - untested and untried. 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. She was to be fitted with Denny-Brown stabilisers whilst in the King George V dry dock. They hold 70% of the surviving crew lists and agreements for this period. The UNITED STATES took the 'Blue Riband' on her maiden voyage. Recently introduced legislation by the International Maritime Commission also influenced the board's decision. I joined the Cunard Line in March 1962 as an Assistant Purser and sailed on the QUEEN ELIZABETH throughout that year, before transferring to the Liverpool-based CARINTHIA in November, where I remained as Crew Purser for the next five years. [11][9], Queen Elizabeth was built on slipway four at John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, Great Britain. The submarine dived and the captain identified the ship as the QUEEN ELIZABETH. The QUEEN ELIZABETH sets off on her 'secret' dash to New York. I have recently uploaded three videos on to 'YouTube' about, Cunard Line QUEEN ELIZABETH of 1938, Part 1 [30 minutes], Cunard Line QUEEN ELIZABETH of 1938, Part 2 [30 minutes], Arrivals & DeparturesQueen Elizabeth Southampton 1950 [20 minutes], To view these, log on to 'You Tube', and enter into the search box. [8] The official contract between Cunard and government financiers was signed on 6 October 1936. [9] During the trials, Queen Elizabeth took the wheel for a brief time, and the two young princesses recorded the two measured runs with stopwatches that they had been given for the occasion. They went ahead with plans for new quay accommodation and worked amicably with Cunard officials. [9][10] It was announced that on 23 August 1939 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were to visit the ship and tour the engine room and that 24 April 1940 was to be the proposed date of her maiden voyage. In January 1931 agreement was reached with the New York Port Authority for a thousand-foot long pier at a rent of 48,000 a year. WebAll surviving agreements and crew lists with their logbooks are held by The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. Engines were checked and boilers tested, but only six of the twelve boilers were considered functional for the long passage. To find the right range for your ship you will need to search using the first two or three digits of the number. Many of the QUEEN ELIZABETH's fittings had been placed ashore in New York, Sydney and Singapore when she was converted into a troopship and all these globally scattered items had to be returned to Southampton for refurbishment, assembly, sorting and fitting. Public interest in the ELIZABETH quickly waned and by June 1969 the liner was again up for sale. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth History Pages. Flt.Lt. With the forward well deck omitted, a more refined hull shape was achieved, and a sharper, raked bow was added for a third bow-anchor point. Following the tradition of the Orient Overseas Line, the ship was renamed Seawise University,[9] as a play on Tung's initials (C.Y.'s). But first the ship had to be moved from Port Everglades to Hong Kong. The new QUEEN ELIZABETH passes Mariners' Park, Wallasey. On Sunday 9th January 1972, three fires started simultaneously on board. AB. The small vessel's skipper hoisted a flag signal: "What ship is that?" This would also free the fitting-out berth which was urgently needed for the DUKE OF YORK. Shuttle voyage from Southampton, Commodore James Bisset had the Elizabeth's wartime grey funnels repainted in Cunard's red and black. Honolulu was interested as were the Australians. WebQueen Elizabeth docked at Southampton in 1967. The following morning a small coastal collier was seen in the Irish Sea wallowing along at 6 knots. [10] She was to be eleven feet longer and 4,000 tons greater displacement than her older sibling, Queen Mary. During the first weekend of the war her newly erected forward funnel, resplendent in Cunard red and black, was hastily overpainted in grey. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was not successful as a cruise ship. On 28th May 1930, the Cunard Company told John Brown & Company of Clydebank that it had been selected as the builder of the first of the two new ships. Half her crew was paid off and went on leave, whilst around 400 remained with the ship for maintenance, fire watch and to sail the ship on the coastwise voyage to the Clyde. On 7th August 1946 the QUEEN ELIZABETH entered the King George V dry dock where her 140-ton rudder was inspected. The QUEEN ELIZABETH slips away from John Brown's shipyard. to embark 5,000 troops on a northbound convoy to Suez. By midnight on 9th January the fire had burnt through five decks and the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY had developed a starboard list of 17 degrees, the start of a slow and unstoppable capsize. In November 1948 a series of strikes dragged on for sixteen days, and on 2nd December the QUEEN ELIZABETH had sailed on the same tide as the QUEEN MARY and the AQUITANIA, a unique event in the history of all three vessels. Shuttle' the two Queens were never in the same port at the same time, and the schedules avoided either ship lying at anchor at Gourock during the period of full moon. This is not given in the Merchant seaman registers 1835-1857 until 1854. Early in the afternoon of 9th November a large, two-funnelled steamer was sighted, some six to seven miles away. accompanied by Sir Percy Bates, the Cunard chairman. [21] Queen Elizabeth's engines were capable of driving her to speeds of over 32 knots. 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. On 1st January 1950 the Cunard Steamship Company took over its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cunard - White Star. Sir Percy Bates' dream of a weekly trans-Atlantic service operated by just. 09:00 to 17:00. [9] For this new tropical purpose, the ship received a major refit in 1965, with a new Lido deck added to her aft section, enhanced air conditioning, and an outdoor swimming pool. With potentially upward of 500 crew requiring to scramble up from their quarters below, the sheer climb would have presented quite a hazard, particularly in bad weather and at a time of emergency. A skilled craftsman working on the QUEEN ELIZABETH earned just 3.2s.0d for a 47-hour work. The records held are for years ending with five (1955, 1965, and so on).https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/research-guides/research-guide-c12-merchant-navy-ship-registration-custom-house-records. <<<<<< >>>>>>>. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH) at Cape Town, on 14th June 1971, on passage to Hong Kong. It was certainly the last time that the two 'Queens' ever stopped at sea in war time. The value of '534' for insurance purposes during building was fixed at the full price payable by Cunard, namely 4 million. Not only that, but the company headquarters was transferred from Liverpool to Southampton. The offender turned out to be a retired rear-admiral with a D.S.O. 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. For another year, her sibling did military service, returning troops and G.I. Just over 400 crew (mostly from the AQUITANIA) had joined the QUEEN ELIZABETH at Clydebank, under the command of Captain Jack Townley, signing Articles for a short coastwise voyage which would ostensibly terminate at Southampton where a hurriedly prepared dry-docking plan had been received by the port authority. Two thousand men were ferried out daily to work on the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY as she lay at anchor off Hong Kong. Boat drill was carried out on departure from New York. First Armored Infantry Division (15,125 troops, 863 crew). Rodaway Thomas. A painting by Captain Stephen J Card of the two 'Queens' passing in, mid-Atlantic. This also suffered from low bookings and became known as the. These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. The troops would board the Elizabeth at Pier 90 at New York during the late evening hours under cover of darkness after being transported to the pier by either ferry or bus. In all, 2,228 passengers had booked passage on the QUEEN ELIZABETH's maiden voyage. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385 Queen Elizabeth (1940) Cunard Line Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. The QUEEN ELIZABETH at the fitting-out berth at John Brown's shipyard. All twelve boilers had been reconditioned and her four engines thoroughly overhauled. When a speed of 25 knots had been reached and maintained for one hour, the escorting warships were informed that the 'engine trials' had been satisfactory and that there was no objection to their standing down. 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