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. 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. Cunard White Star Tourist Class, January 1949. Costing almost twice as much as the, Sir Percy Bates had wisely waited for anticipated developments in boiler design to occur. finally arrives at Hong Kong on 15th July 1971. GGA Image ID # 1d36e82385. Sir Percy Bates had wisely waited for anticipated developments in boiler design to occur. The ship's company was brought up to 465 and at 3.30pm on 13th November 1940 the, The QUEEN ELIZABETH had now been in the water for over two years since her launch on 27th September 1938. The 1971 film version starring Connery used the P&O liner SSCanberra for the sequence. Rodaway Thomas. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was known as Hull 552. Mildenhall Wilfred Charles. WebFirst time the Queen Mary carried American troops (8,398 troops, 905 crew). In June 1952 the QUEEN ELIZABETH was recording some very fast passages, just prior to the entry into service of the UNITED STATES on 4th July. [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. Just after midnight on 25th September 1967 the two 'Queens' passed each other in mid-Atlantic, the QUEEN MARY makingher final eastbound transatlantic crossing. 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. WebAll surviving agreements and crew lists with their logbooks are held by The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. The contract was signed on 6th October 1936 and the keel of ship number 552 was laid on 4th December. THE CUNARD WHITE STAR LINER QUEEN ELIZABETH. For the two meals a day that were provided there were six sittings, each of forty-five minutes. WebThe eight ships which were passed into the ownership of the new concern were - ALPS, ANDES, BRITISH QUEEN, DAMASCUS, LEBANON, KARNAK, TENERIFFE and TAURUS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, ____________________________________________________, "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 Americans wanted the work to be completed and then for the, The QUEEN MARY and the QUEEN ELIZABETH met for the last time when they were both at sea. 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. And so rota pilot F.G. Dawson boarded the, A signal for assistance was sent and - within the hour - the company, port and salvage officials were on board and in conference with Captain Ford. The name of this establishment so caught their fancy that the crew bars on all Cunard liners were subsequently named in its honour. A fortnight later, on 21st March 1940, the QUEEN MARY slipped quietly away: her work as a troop transport was about to begin. The tourist-class cabins on D-Deck were always very warm despite every effort to provide adequate ventilation, and air-conditioning was urgently required. An elaborate ruse suggested to any German observers that she would sail to Southampton to complete her fitting-out. The business was unsuccessful, and closed in August 1970. The QUEEN ELIZABETH approaching the north side of Pier 90 at New York. !!! The weather was moderate and only slight natural rolling occurred so the liner was force-rolled and the stabilisers immediately became effective. Additionally, the proposed site was adjacent to Philadelphia International Airport wit its deafening aircraft noise every few minutes, and finally a nearby oil refinery would waft odours over the ship. The QUEEN ELIZABETH left Gourock for the last time as a troopship on 7th August 1945, flying flags which spelled out: 'Many thanks. There was great complacency in the Cunard boardroom: people would always prefer to cross the ocean by liner, and preferably by Cunard ! 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. Both Queen Elizabeth and Churchill sent messages of congratulation to Captain Townley. Day it fell to the Queens to transport back to the United States many of the hundreds of thousands of the G.I.s they had brought to Europe, and, in the case of the QUEEN MARY, to transport 25,000 American servicemen's 'War Brides' and their children to their new home country. They went ahead with plans for new quay accommodation and worked amicably with Cunard officials. The outcome was the Cunard (Insurance) Act, passed in December 1930. 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. This awe-inspiring warship is capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft. Following the end of the Second World War, Queen Elizabeth was refitted and furnished as an ocean liner,[9] while her running mate Queen Mary remained in her wartime role and grey appearance except for her funnels, which were repainted in the company's colours. After anchoring off Aruba the SEAWISE UNIVERSITY drifted, dragging her anchor, out to deep water. 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. 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. The anchors were examined and each link of her anchor chains painted. For the purpose of this list, they have been included as Cunard ships. In mid Atlantic on 6th June she steamed 700 miles at an average of 30.43 knots, her fastest day's run since entering passenger service after the war. Shuttle' the two. After a call at Rio de Janeiro, the Elizabeth finally arrived inNew York to begin what became known as the 'G.I. They begin to appear amongst the records from 1852 onwards; many have been destroyed; usually only those recording a birth or death have survived. 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 Marr decided to signal for tugs. In May 1962 the Cunard Line announced that, for the first time ever, the QUEEN ELIZABETH would be going cruising. The RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. 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. Following the demise of Queen Elizabeth, the largest passenger ship in active service became the 66,343 GRT SSFrance, which was longer but with less tonnage than the Cunard liner. From 1835 until 1857, crew lists and agreements were organised by port of registry and then alphabetically by ship name (see sections 8.1 and 8.2 for search advice), and then from 1857 onwards, you will need to find the ships official number to locate these records (see section 3 for more information). The American liner made 44 Atlantic crossings and carried 70,104 passengers in 1955. 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. 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) Rear Admiral Carruthers Joseph William. The Cammell Laird tender had been 4,683,000. The QUEEN MARY still holds the Blue Riband with her 1938 eastbound crossing at 31.69 knots, and that is quite good enough. For records from 1915 you can also search from our dedicated1915 crew lists pagefor online transcriptions of the records from that year search results will include records held at the National Maritime Museum so check the held by information on the page to find out where you can view the original document. 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: British Pathe The Queen launches the QUEEN ELIZABETH 1938. Originally vetoing the idea of allowing her portrait to be hung in the ship when the liner was launched, Queen Elizabeth had now relented. Evangelist Billy Graham offered 2.1 million for her to become a floating bible school, and the United States Institute of Technology wanted her to become a floating university. 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 minimum rate for each cruise would be $185 or 66. 534 was laid on 27th December 1930. The whole affair turned into a spectacular fiasco as the 'Mary' was undercrewed and had to cross the equator twice without the benefit of air-conditioning. There were four fins, two on either side of the ship. The cruiser HMAS CANBERRA had lowered a pinnace which was cruising calmly around collecting bags of mail from each. The UNITED STATES took the 'Blue Riband' on her maiden voyage. To find the right range for your ship you will need to search using the first two or three digits of the number. While being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was On board was the ship's namesake, Queen Elizabeth, and her two daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. ", The promenade deck main square on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Her funnels are 70 feet high from deck level. 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. The QUEEN MARY and the QUEEN ELIZABETH met for the last time when they were both at sea. Like a Greek tragedy the tale of woe gathered force. Undoubtedly the incomplete QUEEN ELIZABETH was the greatest dilemma facing John Brown's on the outbreak of war. The highest number that she carried on any one voyage was 15,932 passengers and crew, but the record for the highest number ever carried in one ship goes to the QUEEN MARY with 16,683. During the first weekend of the war her newly erected forward funnel, resplendent in Cunard red and black, was hastily overpainted in grey. Only a little fuel remained after the transatlantic crossing, but a barge moved alongside to take it off as necessary. After the formal speeches had been completed there was a pause as high tide and slack water were awaited. This awe-inspiring warship is capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft. [14] The ship was then sent for fitting out. The result brightened up the ship considerably after the years of drabness. 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. It is comparatively short - a long weekend by the express steamers or six and a half hours by air. On August Bank Holiday, 1950, a yacht cruised across the fairway in the track of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Reliable boilers would have to be chosen as there would be no opportunity for boiler cleaning in port. From 1845 onwards the following lists were being used: Schedules C, D and A, B, G. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, these two events were postponed and Cunard's plans were shattered. Sir Percy Bates told the Southern Railway that it was a question of. The size of the two proposed superliners was not dictated in any way by a desire on the part of Cunard to have 'Big Ships' for their own sake. 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. Use the search box contained in BT 98 to search by date and name of ships port of registry. The QUEEN ELIZABETH had a heavily raked bow. 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. [16] As passenger numbers declined, the liners became uneconomic to operate in the face of rising fuel and labour costs. 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. During the five years she had carried 300,000 passengers. For instance, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was out of service from 21st July to 30th July 1952 and this included six days in the King George V dry dock. The popularity of the two, The first hint of competition from the airlines came in October 1951 and this resulted in speeding up the turn-round of the ', From the mid 1940s until the mid 1950s both the, The unreliability of statistics - or should it be said the ability to interpret them in several ways - is illustrated in the case of the UNITED STATES and the QUEEN ELIZABETH. There was still thick fog in Southampton Water and the QUEEN ELIZABETH returned to Cowes Roads to anchor overnight. Click onBT 98to search by date and name of British port where the ship was registered. 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. 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. [19] After 1942, the two Queens were relocated to the North Atlantic for the transportation of American troops to Europe. Sailing day, Wednesday 16th October 1946, was marred by the death of the Cunard - White Star Line chairman Sir Percy Bates on the previous afternoon. 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. WebThe Queen Elizabeth is the newest addition to the Cunard Line and made its debut voyage in October 2010. Because of the world depression, construction work had not gone very far before it was suspended.. Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel outside a convoy. 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. Oil was gradually seeping from her ruptured fuel tanks and an inflated boom was floated round the hulk to contain it. She underwent refit work in drydock adding accommodation and armaments, and three hundred naval ratings quickly painted the hull. After V.E. The Clydebank yard was awarded the contract with a tender of 4,293,000. Ships did not have an official number before 1855. WebRMS Queen Elizabeth Passenger Lists 1947-1954 RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. 1951onwards You are unlikely to find records by searching for the names of ships or seamen, as the records have not been indexed in that way. However, over the winter of 1967/68, Cunard received several serious enquiries from potential buyers. Captain Ford then stopped the engines to avoid sucking silt into the underwater inlets. The Australians also needed what was left of their depleted army for their country's own defence in case of Japanese invasion. Crew lists for ships on foreign voyages (Schedule C) WebHMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy. The QUEEN ELIZABETH was not successful as a cruise ship. WebHMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed for the Royal Navy. The new fire regulations (that Cunard had not been able to afford) were incorporated, bringing the ship into line with the stringent standards required by the United States. Check the opening hours and contact details for local archives usingfind an archive. Later that day, at the time when she was due to arrive at Southampton, the city was bombed by the Luftwaffe. Over a two-hour period engine revolutions were increased from 100 (17 knots) to 154 (26 knots). This would have been the OCEANIC, whose keel was laid at Harland & Wolff's yard in 1928. They were huge sitting targets in a hostile ocean. It was just over thirty years since she had launched the ship at Clydebank. [10] She was to be eleven feet longer and 4,000 tons greater displacement than her older sibling, Queen Mary. Queen Elizabeth launches the QUEEN ELIZABETH. This is not given in the Merchant seaman registers 1835-1857 until 1854. The first-class restaurant on the QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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. This argument was buttressed by the statement that the British Government charged the United States for transporting American troops in the QUEEN MARY and the QUEEN ELIZABETH. Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes). Following her arrival at New York on 28th October 1968, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was feted and honoured with both private and official functions being held on board. She was nonetheless a popular ship. At the end of her time at Gourock one thousand Clydebankers ('Bankies') sailed south with the ship to alleviate the acute shortage of local skilled labour at Southampton. It was not until 1926 that Cunard began thinking about the replacements for the express steamers. This was simply a record of the total number of crew (known as a muster roll), but it evolved into what are known as crew lists and agreements. It is estimated that around 4050% of the wreck was still on the seabed. 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. Honolulu was interested as were the Australians. the title of each video, exactly as I have shown it above. In writing to Cammell Laird, Sir Percy said that he was not entirely confident that it could deal with such a large ship and that in particular they might not be able to move the ship into their fitting-out basin. WebThe Queen Elizabeth is the newest addition to the Cunard Line and made its debut voyage in October 2010. Both fires were considered suspicious and detectives questioned 2,000 Thorneycroft workmen and some 400 crew. Shuttle voyage from Southampton, Commodore James Bisset had the Elizabeth's wartime grey funnels repainted in Cunard's red and black. From the outset the intention had been to operate a two-ship service on the North Atlantic. The Hales Trophy, awarded for the Atlantic speed record, left Southampton on 8th November 1952 on board the new holder, the UNITED STATES, which crossed from New York to Bishop Rock at 35.59 knots on her maiden voyage. 09:00 to 17:00. The QUEEN ELIZABETH left Southampton on 30th March 1946 and arrived and anchored off Greenock the following day. The prospect to Cunard was just too daunting, and contributed greatly to the decision to dispose of the QUEEN ELIZABETH. They first appear in the records around 1852; many have been destroyed, with only those recording a birth or death surviving. The route between America and Europe had characteristics very different from others, said Colonel Bates. 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. Rodaway Thomas. It can be appreciated that the jibe that Great Britain charged $100 a head to take soldiers to the battlefields of Europe was calculated to be extremely hurtful to Anglo-American friendship. [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. By six o'clock the next morning, thirteen tugs had arrived from Southampton, Portsmouth Dockyard and Poole. 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 agreements were between master and crew and are also called Articles of agreement. There was a great rumpus and the yacht owner was traced. 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. RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. In May 1936 tenders were opened from John Brown, Cammell Laird, Vickers Armstrong and Swan Hunter. [15] The names of Brown's shipyard employees were booked to local hotels in Southampton to give a false trail of information, and Captain John Townley was appointed as her first master. Shuttle'. The Philadelphia businessmen still held a small interest in the new company and would lease the ship from Cunard for $2 million a year. For the two meals a day that were provided there were six sittings, each of forty-five minutes. 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. However, because of the prestigious nature of the, On 14th April 1947 the QUEEN ELIZABETH was homeward bound and after leaving Cherbourg encountered thick fog in the Channel. To many, her appearance must have come as a bit of a surprise for no longer was she in pristine Cunard paintwork of black hull and white superstructure, but she had been completely repainted in dull uniform Admiralty grey. 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. leaves Southampton on her first ever commercial voyage. Typical winter conditions in the North Atlantic. After leaving Singapore the QUEEN ELIZABETH headed for Sydney. The following year the wreck was deemed an obstruction to shipping in the area, and in 1974 and 1975 was partially scrapped on site. [36], Ian Fleming set the climax to his 1956 James Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever on Queen Elizabeth. Steam was raised on all boilers on 1st March. Sir Percy Bates told the Southern Railway that it was a question of 'no dry dock, no ship'. Captain Bisset said, after the war, that an explosion was heard, "and we increased to 31 knots without any trouble.". Suggestions ranged from laying up the Elizabeth in a sheltered Scottish loch to selling her to the Americans. The route between America and Europe had characteristics very different from others, said Colonel Bates. In July 1962 Sir John Brocklebank, the chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company, said that the QUEEN ELIZABETH still had many years to go and mechanically could be kept competitive for the foreseeable future. Chamberlain was also convinced of the tremendous importance from a prestige point of view of new large British ships steaming into New York harbour. And so rota pilot F.G. Dawson boarded the Elizabeth off the Nab Tower. A thirty-seven day cruise from New York to the Mediterranean sailed on 21st February 1967 and was plagued by bad weather and many ports had to be omitted from the itinerary. [19], Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were both used as troop transports[20] during the war. Winter cruises from New York to the West Indies were poorly patronised and one was cancelled and replaced with an unscheduled Atlantic crossing. Flt.Lt. Built at the famed John Brown Shipyard in Clydebank, Queen Elizabeth was the largest passenger ship ever constructed, a title she held from her launch until 1996 when finally eclipsed 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. This would also free the fitting-out berth which was urgently needed for the DUKE OF YORK. 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. Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. 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. On 5th April 1968 Cunard announced its decision. This 'Glee Party', as it was known, then toured the vessel deck by deck. Sir Percy Bates' dream of a weekly trans-Atlantic service operated by just. Some 10,000 men could, perhaps, be carried in safety according to the lifeboat and liferaft capacity of the ship, but it was considered that the extra 5,000 men who were carried in summer and not provided for in the life-saving equipment were worth the risk, based on the. The ELIZABETH (the prefix 'Queen' was dropped at Cunard's request) was opened to the public on 14th February 1969. The work would include the installation of full air conditioning, the fitting of private showers and toilets in much of the cabin class and tourist class accommodation, and the creation of a lido at the after end of the promenade deck, incorporating an outdoor heated swimming pool. On 8th November the QUEEN ELIZABETH sailed on a 'Farewell Cruise' to Las Palmas and Gibraltar, and was back at Southampton on 15th November. Following the 1854 Merchant Shipping Act, both the master and seaman had to sign a Certificate of Discharge and Character (E-1) on termination of a voyage. [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. The QUEEN ELIZABETH sets off on her 'secret' dash to New York. Shuttle voyage from Southampton, Commodore James Bisset had the, 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. Throughout the 'G.I. Artificial flowers were tried with the result that the company was inundated with complaints and Cunard rapidly re-introduced fresh flowers at a cost (in the late 1950s) of 850 per voyage. How much more dignified it would have been to have broken the ship up in 1968. On another occasion the Elizabeth had to go full astern because a yacht crossed her path, and as a result the liner's stern touched a mud bank. For another year, her sibling did military service, returning troops and G.I. First Armored Infantry Division (15,125 troops, 863 crew). 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