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. The railway company expressed the view that the projected dry dock could not be started for some eight to ten years and that it would take between four and five years to complete. 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. Alternatively, browseBT 98/140-563to view all the ports covered for this period and the alphabetical ranges of ships for each port. Cabins designed for two passengers were equipped with. Those crew members who, for family or other reasons, declined to sign the new articles were taken off the QUEEN ELIZABETH, sworn to secrecy and subsequently spent many hours, virtually interned, on board the Southampton tender ROMSEY in a nearby loch. Eventually both the House of Commons and the House of Lords voted and the Bill was passed on 27th March 1934. [37], The wreck was featured in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, as a covert headquarters for MI6. WebLists can also include passengers who were family members of seamen. Works of art were also renovated by the original artists. She urgently needed to be drydocked to have the remains of her launch gear removed from her bottom plates which would then have to be cleaned and painted. A parakeet flew in through an open porthole at New York and quickly became the mascot of the ship's officers who bought him a fancy cage and named him Joey. After 1861 only a sample of crew lists and agreements and log books are held at The National Archives. [6] This proved to be problematic, for the ship's engines and boilers were in poor condition after several years of neglect. Typical winter conditions in the North Atlantic. 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. (The Singapore facility was no longer available). The route between America and Europe had characteristics very different from others, said Colonel Bates. Any search results will be divided into alphabetical ranges according to the initial letter of the ships name. To administer this fund, masters or owners of merchant ships had to keep a muster book, also known as a muster roll, which was filed at the port of arrival with the Seamens Fund Receivers. Running mate: Queen Mary. This meant that the crew had to re-sign on foreign-going Articles. Sanders Samuel Donald . There are usually several boxes of records for each port of registry, each box containing an alphabetical range of ships names. Her carrying capacity was over 15,000 troops and over 900 crew. [11][9], Queen Elizabeth was built on slipway four at John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, Great Britain. [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. Four torpedoes were fired and the U-Boat followed their course. 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. 1951onwards Labour disputes at sea and ashore also menaced the liner's schedule and on such occasions she was used as a massive pawn in various disputes involving tugmen, dockers, longshoremen or the crew. Other than for Southampton's Albion Band, the quayside was almost bereft of well-wishers. On 26th October 1958 the first American commercial jet took off for Paris and a whole new era was born. The QUEEN ELIZABETH encountered a severe storm on 18th October, the day on which Commodore Bisset had arranged a memorial service for Sir Percy Bates. The extent of original materials at the GG Archives can be very beneficial when researching your family's migration from Europe. But the QUEEN ELIZABETH made only 38 crossings and yet carried 66,000 passengers, giving a average of 1,752. Townley and his hastily signed-on crew of four hundred Cunard personnel were told by a company representative before they left to pack for a voyage where they could be away from home for up to six months.[16]. The list was kept on board and then sent to the Register Office of Merchant Seamen, the central administration office of the Merchant Navy, on the ships return to Britain. 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. Mildenhall Wilfred Charles. Engines were checked and boilers tested, but only six of the twelve boilers were considered functional for the long passage. Cunard's appropriated pilot, Captain Bowyer, was not available as he was 'fogbound' on another vessel. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth History Pages. She urgently needed to be drydocked to have the remains of her launch gear removed from her bottom plates which would then have to be cleaned and painted. RMS Queen Elizabeth Tourist Class Restaurant. Information on the holdings of The National Archives are decribed in The National Archives' Merchant Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists after 1861. The fins were retractable into the hull to save fuel in smooth seas and for docking. Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. However, because of the prestigious nature of the Elizabeth's maiden arrival at New York as a commercial passenger liner, Commodore Bisset decided to press on and dock the ship at Pier 90 without the aid of tugs if necessary. It was against this background that the Cunard Company began the design stage for two new ships. Rear Admiral Carruthers Joseph William. This had been included on the Mary to spend the force of any heavy sea that might break over the bow before the water could damage the superstructure. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. 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. [9], In 1955, during an annual overhaul at Southampton, England, Queen Elizabeth was fitted with underwater fin stabilisers to smooth the ride in rough seas. Colonel Bates declared that Cunard philosophy had always been that air and sea travel are complementary rather than competitive on the North Atlantic. The railway company expressed the view that the projected dry dock could not be started for some eight to ten years and that it would take between four and five years to complete. They demanded 50 per man danger money-cum-bonus, but were given 30 plus 5 per month extra pay. The new ship weighed her bower anchor half an hour later and with a mean draught of 37 feet 9 inches slipped through the anti-submarine boom that stretched across the Clyde between the Gantock Rocks and the Cloch Lighthouse at 8.15am. The records contain details of UK merchant seamen who served on the ships. Rodaway Thomas. From 1845 onwards the following lists were being used: Schedules C, D and A, B, G. Steam locomotives delivered the steel plates, but lighter items were brought in by horse-drawn lorries. During almost two decades following the end of the Second World War, young men in Britain were 'called up' for two years of National Service in the armed forces. The U.704, under the command of Kapitan Horst Kessler, was wallowing in a Force 8 gale off the west coast of Ireland before returning south to its base in France. The now retired Commodore Marr and a former chief engineer of the ship were hired by Tung as advisors for the journey to Hong Kong. She did, however, remain all the while under Cunard management with British officers and crew. WebThe Cunard - White Star Liner QUEEN ELIZABETH 1938 - 1972 LIVERPOOL SHIPS ACCRA OF 1947 ELDER DEMPSTER LINES AUREOL ELDER DEMPSTER LINES BRITANNIC and GEORGIC CUNARD WHITE STAR CARINTHIA CUNARD LINE EMPRESS OF BRITAIN CANADIAN PACIFIC EMPRESS OF CANADA LOSS BY FIRE The Cunard Line carried 177,547 passengers across the North Atlantic in 1961, 30,000 below the previous year's total. Over 3,000 tons had to be pumped out eventually at a cost of 140,000 to Mr Tung. May 11 - 16 First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew). 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. Then, with the same pair of gold scissors that Queen Mary had used to perform the launching ceremony of her namesake, she cut the red, white and blue ribbon which released the bottle of Empire wine to break, just in time, against the new ship's accelerating bow. 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). The starboard side of the boat deck on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. There was a great rumpus and the yacht owner was traced. two express steamers became a reality in August, 1947. 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. Captain Bisset said, after the war, that an explosion was heard, Altogether the QUEEN ELIZABETH made 35 round voyages across the North Atlantic on the 'G.I. Use the search box in BT 99 to search by name of ship or official number. Apparently the torpedo had exploded well away from the ship. RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. 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. 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. Bdmn. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. 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. ', The QUEEN ELIZABETH slips away from Southampton for the, last time in the early morning fog of 28th November 1968. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had a heavily raked bow. With flight time cut from twelve to less than seven hours, the lure was irresistible. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385 Queen Elizabeth (1940) Cunard Line Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. The normal insurance market would not be able to provide cover for anything like the whole cost. The salvage tug RESCUE arrived on 16th February as the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY continued her southward drift through the Windward Passage into the Caribbean. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. These earlier records were organised by port of registry and then alphabetically by name of ship (see the respective sections below for advice on finding earlier records). It was out of the question for the. Other than for Southampton's Albion Band, the quayside was almost bereft of well-wishers. Cunard faced formidable competiion in the shape of the brand new liner FRANCE and the UNITED STATES operating a weekly integrated transatlantic service. [29] The vessel was finally declared a shipping hazard and dismantled for scrap between December 1974[30] and 1975. John Brown Image The queen is greeted by Sir Percy Bates of Cunard John Brown Image The front cover of the official launching booklet for the Queen Elizabeth Quadruple-screw, 31 knots. Paul earned a Masters of Archival Studies - a terminal degree from Clayton State University in Georgia, where he studied under renowned archivist Richard Pearce-Moses. This enabled a third anchor, the bower, to be carried allowing the anchr to fall well clear of the stem. During her construction she was more commonly known by her shipyard number, Hull 552. [14] The ship was then sent for fitting out. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385 Queen Elizabeth (1940) Cunard Line Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. The QUEEN ELIZABETH entering the King George V Dry Dock. 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. WebQueen Elizabeth docked at Southampton in 1967. This was designed so that the Government would assume responsibility of the risk of the ship's insurance value over and above the amount which the market could absorb. The QUEEN ELIZABETH leaving Clydebank on 26th February 1940. The offender turned out to be a retired rear-admiral with a D.S.O. Promenade deck 724 feet long. It was an hour before fire fighting tugs arrived at the scene, and after four hours of futile effort the liner was left to burn herself out. Within that context, as Sir Percy Bates, the chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company, never tired of explaining: "The two new vessels represent the smallest and slowest ships which can fulfill these conditions and accomplish such a regular service. 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. Two masts and two funnels. Her propellers thrashed the shallow water into billowing clouds of yellow and black as sand and mud were churned up from the sea bed. You may find a ships Official Number from the following published sources available at The National Archives: See section 3 for more information on how to find a ships number. To find a crew list and agreement from 1855 onwards, you will need to know the ships official number. [5] She was launched on 27 September 1938 and named in honour of Queen Elizabeth, who was later known as the Queen Mother. 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) In September 1969 a hurricane warning caused the then almost deserted ship to be partially scuttled to prevent her tearing away from her berth. 09:00 to 17:00. WebAll surviving agreements and crew lists with their logbooks are held by The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. 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. In addition, the following types of lists were introduced used between 1835 until 1856: Agreements for Foreign Going or Foreign Trade ships (Schedule A) REINA DEL PACIFICO PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION. One detonation was heard. In May 1962 the Cunard Line announced that, for the first time ever, the QUEEN ELIZABETH would be going cruising. She was nonetheless a popular ship. The QUEEN ELIZABETH of 1938 never visited the port of Liverpool, but on her stern were the words QUEEN ELIZABETH LIVERPOOL. Archives, Open Government Licence Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel without a convoy. By the end of the year Queen Inc. was bankrupt with debts of $12 million. The small vessel's skipper hoisted a flag signal: "What ship is that?" 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH dominates a cricket match during. After a ghost-like voyage across the Atlantic the QUEEN ELIZABETH arrived off the Florida coast on Saturday 7th December 1968. The QUEEN MARY (as '534' became after all the secrecy) was launched nearly six months later on 26th September 1934. With White Star now under Cunard's wing, Harland & Wolff at Belfast were also invited to tender, a position not previously open to them. [6] However, the Elizabeth's retirement in Florida was not to last. The first, on 28th January in cabin main-deck 93, was extinguished by Southampton Fire Brigade and the second fire, just twenty-four hours later, was discovered in a C-deck cabin. These had been floated down the Clyde in order to reduce the liner's weight and thus reduce her draught during that short critical journey. 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. 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. [12] The interiors were designed by a team of artists headed by the architect George Grey Wornum. on her departure from the Clyde on 12th March 1966. However, U.S. legislators had another surprise up their sleeve. WebThe eight ships which were passed into the ownership of the new concern were - ALPS, ANDES, BRITISH QUEEN, DAMASCUS, LEBANON, KARNAK, TENERIFFE and TAURUS. Bdmn. Altogether the QUEEN ELIZABETH made 35 round voyages across the North Atlantic on the 'G.I. shipyard, bound for the Tail of the Bank off Greenock. 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. One detonation was heard. The Elizabeth's final round voyage to New York left Southampton on 23rd October 1968. WebFirst time the Queen Mary carried American troops (8,398 troops, 905 crew). 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. WebThe RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. 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) For pre-1747 records, you need to look speculatively through material from other government departments or courts that may have had an interest in merchant navy affairs, such as: Use theadvanced search in Discovery, our catalogue, to search for records using the department codes above and relevant keywords such as ships, shipping, or manifest. May 11 - 16 First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew). Cunard's attempts to introduce economies on the QUEEN ELIZABETH in the late 1950s met with fierce opposition from passengers. Tung and contained much well looked after second hand tonnage within its fleet. 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. She was there to launch the second of Cunard's superliners - the QUEEN ELIZABETH. By New Year's Day 1972 the liner floated resplendent in her new livery of white hull and orange funnels, with the legend 'Orient Overseas Line' emblazoned along each side of her hull. Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel outside a convoy. 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. This would mean an expensive 'light' voyage to New York and, if the inspection failed, an equally expensive 'light' return trip back to the U.K. In total the reconversion work cost 1 million. Denials of this speculation by British shipping representatives were not accepted. At around this time the Queen's microphone failed but with great presence of mind, Her Majesty quietly and almost unheard by those around her said: "I name this ship QUEEN ELIZABETH and wish success to all who sail in her." The QUEEN MARY and the QUEEN ELIZABETH met for the last time when they were both at sea. Search by name of ship inBT 100for the agreements and crew lists of a selection of celebrated ships. This information will help us make improvements to the website. The two sets operated independently so that for a moderate roll only one set needed to be used. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH) at Cape Town, on 14th June 1971, on passage to Hong Kong. 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. The anchors were examined and each link of her anchor chains painted. When Cunard requested that the Americans send over an inspector to approve the improvement work as it progressed, the authorities declined. Later that day, at the time when she was due to arrive at Southampton, the city was bombed by the Luftwaffe. After leaving Singapore the QUEEN ELIZABETH headed for Sydney. The QUEEN ELIZABETH departing from the river of her birth, and her. WebFirst time the Queen Mary carried American troops (8,398 troops, 905 crew). 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. Ferry boats fuss across the river, dodging between these ships, almost like children running across a busy road.". The keel of Yard No. L.Sea. Queen Elizabeth and her daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret joined the QUEEN ELIZABETH for the trials on 7th October. On 1st January 1950 the Cunard Steamship Company took over its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cunard - White Star. 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. Seaman Lornie Peter Barnard. The market could only assume 2,700,000 of the risk. On 8th September 1951 the QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton on her 100th round voyage to New York since she entered passenger service in October 1946. Originally vetoing the idea of allowing her portrait to be hung in the ship when the liner was launched, Queen Elizabeth had now relented. The first day was Monday 26th February and just after noon, escorted by six tugs, the new ship left the fitting-out basin at Clydebank and proceeded down the River Clyde to an anchorage at the Tail of the Bank. 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