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. On board was the ship's namesake, Queen Elizabeth, and her two daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. 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. WebScenes on the main podium prior the launching, the two Princesses are notable, especially Princess Elizabeth , our future Queen! Very few seem to have been preserved in official archives in the UK, although occasionally a Release (List M) for the whole crew may be found with the crew lists inBT 98. However, to stop the QUEEN ELIZABETH would take considerable time. Tung had acquired the vessel for $3.5million, and had insured it for $8million, led some to speculate that the inferno was part of a fraud to collect on the insurance claim. [27] The fact that C.Y. ", The promenade deck main square on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. Mildenhall Wilfred Charles. Promenade deck 724 feet long. These essentially distinguished between ships sailing in waters around Britain (home) and those sailing further afield (foreign). dry dock at Southampton for annual overhaul. Passengers: 850 first, 720 cabin, 744 tourist. The QUEEN ELIZABETH alongside the quay at Cherbourg. He had no experience of handling ships as large as the 'Queens' and off Calshot at the entrance to Southampton Water the QUEEN ELIZABETH ran aground. Try search terms such as ship register or registrar general shipping and seamen. [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. 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had now been in the water for over two years since her launch on 27th September 1938. ", The QUEEN ELIZABETH docking on the north side of Cunard's Pier 90, in the North River, Manhattan. On 16th May 1966, just six weeks after completing her overhaul on the Clyde, the QUEEN ELIZABETH became the first major casualty of the strike and was laid up at Southampton. Commodore Geoffrey Marr compared the departure to the farewell given to the Elizabeth at New York. For the First World War (1914-1918) all surviving logs containing casualties are preserved. She would then have been remembered as the fine working ship that she undoubtedly was. Search for crew lists and agreements from 1861 to 1938 at: The National Archives search in BT 99by seamans name or ships name for records from 1881, 1891 and 1915 andby ships number for all other years. The maiden voyage had been arranged to depart from Southampton on 16th October 1946. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was known as Hull 552. The QUEEN ELIZABETH approaching the north side of Pier 90 at New York. on her departure from the Clyde on 12th March 1966. L.Sea. To locate crew lists for these years you will need to know the name of the ship on which an individual seaman sailed. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War 1939-1945. [15], Queen Elizabeth left the port of New York on 13 November 1940 for Singapore to receive her troopship conversion. A few muster rolls survive in other record series. The records contain details of UK merchant seamen who served on the ships. Mildenhall Wilfred Charles. L.Sea. The Directors decided that work must stop on No.534 - the QUEEN MARY - at noon on Friday 11th December 1931. "Public memory is notoriously short," said Dr Rebbeck, "It has apparently been forgotten that in 1927 we laid the keel of a 1,000 foot passenger liner for the White Star Line. Sanders Samuel Donald . When considering the comfort of those on board, Cunard had decided against the installation of stabilisers. The year 1960 proved to be another good one for Cunard. However, over the winter of 1967/68, Cunard received several serious enquiries from potential buyers. 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. The following morning, 18th April 1947, she steamed into Southampton - fifty hours late ! The QUEEN ELIZABETH never enjoyed the same affection that the Cunard men held for the QUEEN MARY, being described as the 'colder' of the two ships. The QUEEN MARY photographed in mid-Atlantic. Shuttle'. Sir Percy Bates had wisely waited for anticipated developments in boiler design to occur. This will findBT 98/6795which covers ships numbers 25801-25834 for the year 1860. The QUEEN ELIZABETH slips away from John Brown's shipyard. Recently introduced legislation by the International Maritime Commission also influenced the board's decision. The popularity of the two 'Queens' meant enormous profits for the Cunard Line and the two ships repaid their original investments many times over. By six o'clock the next morning, thirteen tugs had arrived from Southampton, Portsmouth Dockyard and Poole. The object of fitting the coil (one of the first to be so fitted) was hopefully to render the ship immune from magnetic mines by neutralising the ship's magnetic field. 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. 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. 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. Captain Townley received two telegrams on his arrival, one from his wife congratulating him, and the other from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth thanking him for the vessel's safe delivery. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, these two events were postponed and Cunard's plans were shattered. On 5th April 1968 Cunard announced its decision. On 22nd August 1939 it was announced that the maiden voyage of the QUEEN ELIZABETH was scheduled to leave Southampton on 24th April 1940. The submarine dived and the captain identified the ship as the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Scrapping seemed to provide the obvious, almost humane, answer to dealing with the problem of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. The ships are listed alphabetically by name in the paper catalogue. She docked on the north side of Pier 90 at 5.pm on the afternoon of Thursday, 7th March 1940. WebQueen Elizabeth docked at Southampton in 1967. 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. 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. 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. 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. The Directors were faced with the almost unbelievable fact that the gross revenue of the Company for the year was calculated to be nearly 2.5 million down on 1930. The BREMEN's triumphant return to Hamburg after. Cabins designed for two passengers were equipped with. The main record series for muster books isBT 98. The document was signed by the master of the ship and the shipping master of the port, and the seaman would sign their name on the back. This rake also gave the Elizabeth a longer overall length: 1,031 feet as against the 1,019 feet of the QUEEN MARY. At 11.15am the QUEEN ELIZABETH weighed anchor and was abeam the Cumbraes an hour later. From 1857 onwards, the records are arranged in BT 98 by ships Official Number (ON). These lists do not include passengers who joined ships en route. Digitized Passenger ListsOceanic to Ryndam. On 29 December her engines were tested for the first time, running from 0900 to 1600 with the propellers disconnected to monitor her oil and steam operating temperatures and pressures. 83,673 Gross Tons -- 2,314 Passengers. Captain Ford then stopped the engines to avoid sucking silt into the underwater inlets. In that year there would be only two days on which a high enough tide would be available to move the QUEEN ELIZABETH. To economise on fuel, the QUEEN MARY was using just two of her four propellers. 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. Sir James Bisset was in command of the QUEEN ELIZABETH for many of these 'shuttle' voyages. It took about an hour to manoeuvre the ship's head downstream towards the sea and gradually a crowd of several hundred gathered to watch the QUEEN ELIZABETH slip quietly, almost furtively, by. By the beginning of March 1940, Queen Elizabeth was ready for her secret voyage. On 6th February 1940 he ordered that the liner should leave the Clyde at the earliest possible date and 'remain away from the British Isles for as long as this order remains in force'. The new ship was constructed on No.4 slipway by using 5-ton derrick cranes and a 10-ton tower crane. On 1st January 1950 the Cunard Steamship Company took over its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cunard - White Star. This would take at least an hour plus many miles, and this would not have allowed her to stop within Kessler's observation. 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 starboard side of the promenade deck, looking aft. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385 Queen Elizabeth (1940) Cunard Line Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. 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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was ready for her trials in early October and sailed for the Clyde on the sixth of the month. Cunard faced formidable competiion in the shape of the brand new liner FRANCE and the UNITED STATES operating a weekly integrated transatlantic service. Engines were checked and boilers tested, but only six of the twelve boilers were considered functional for the long passage. 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. Dimensions, 987' x 118' 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. The SEAWISE UNIVERSITY (ex QUEEN ELIZABETH) at Cape Town, on 14th June 1971, on passage to Hong Kong. Launched, September 27, 1938. 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. Later that day, at the time when she was due to arrive at Southampton, the city was bombed by the Luftwaffe. Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel without a convoy. During the year there were 24 fewer westbound sailings and 22 fewer eastbound sailings than in 1960. In July the ship was sold for $8.64 million to a company called Queen Inc. A skilled craftsman working on the QUEEN ELIZABETH earned just 3.2s.0d for a 47-hour work. 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. He said that it had become a source of irritation to him and his colleagues on the board. RMS Queen Elizabeth Tourist Class Restaurant. One week later work resumed on '534'. There was now no hope of her entering service as the jewel of the British merchant marine. Eight days later the 'slow boat to China' arrived at Hong Kong. Commenced her first regular Southampton-New York voyage, October 16, 1946, making the crossing in four days, 16 hours, 18 minutes. It was on 3rd February 1971 that the first engine trials were carried out and sailing day was set for Wedmesday 10th February. The river was also widened in places, especially at Dalmuir where the QUEEN MARY had grounded for many anxious seconds as she proceeded to the Tail of the Bank. The new company intended to operate the ship as a hotel and tourist attraction in Port Everglades, Florida, similar to the planned use of Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. After V.E. The rest, up to 1989, have been destroyed. 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. accompanied by Sir Percy Bates, the Cunard chairman. to the Ambrose Channel Light Vessel off New York at 27.91 knots. A painting by Captain Stephen J Card of the two 'Queens' passing in, mid-Atlantic. A/CPO Lornie Peter Barnard. 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?" The new centrally-placed companionway is in place in this photo and there's a repaint where the ladders once were. The RESCUE could not handle the ship on her own and so a second tug was summoned. The QUEEN ELIZABETH alongside the Ocean Terminal at, Southampton as the QUEEN MARY passes her, outward. The QUEEN ELIZABETH almost ready for launching, The QUEEN ELIZABETH towers over the tenements of Clydebank. The 5 million was released on 28th July. 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. 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. An unplanned lengthy mid-voyage stopover allowed the new owners to fly spare parts out to the ship and carry out repairs before resuming the course to Hong Kong Harbour, where she arrived in July 1971. The vessel was sold to Queen Ltd of Port Everglades on 19 July 1969. But the prime reason for the day's visit was for the Queen to unveil a portrait of herself. The hull was cut into sections of up to 250 tons each and, in all, some 45,000 tons of metal were lifted from the wreck. 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. WebFirst time the Queen Mary carried American troops (8,398 troops, 905 crew). The King's Messenger was awaited as he would bring the order to sail. 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