Difference between revisions of "HMT Queen Mary"
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| image = [[File:RMS_Queen_Mary.jpg]] | | image = [[File:RMS_Queen_Mary.jpg]] | ||
| caption = Queen Mary in her resting place at Long Beach California | | caption = Queen Mary in her resting place at Long Beach California | ||
− | | image2 = | + | | image2 = [[File:RMS_Queen_Mary_1.jpg]] |
− | | caption2 = | + | | caption2 = Queen Mary during fit out |
| shipname = HMT Queen Mary | | shipname = HMT Queen Mary | ||
| shipowner = Cunard, White Star Line | | shipowner = Cunard, White Star Line | ||
| shipbuilder = 1936 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland | | shipbuilder = 1936 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland | ||
− | | shipyardnumber = | + | | shipyardnumber = 534 |
− | | shiplaunched = | + | | shiplaunched = 26 Sep 1934 |
− | | shipcompleted = | + | | shipcompleted = March 1936 |
− | | shipinservice = | + | | shipinservice = 1936 |
− | | shipoutofservice = | + | | shipoutofservice = 1967 |
| shipinservice2 = | | shipinservice2 = | ||
| shipoutofservice2 = | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
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| shippropulsion = 4 x turbines | | shippropulsion = 4 x turbines | ||
| shipspeed = 28.5 knots | | shipspeed = 28.5 knots | ||
− | | shipcapacity = 10,595 | + | | shipcapacity = 10,595 troops |
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
− | The RMS Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line – known as Cunard-White Star Line. Along with RMS Queen Elizabeth she was to provide a weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York. | + | The ''RMS Queen Mary'' is a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line – known as Cunard-White Star Line. Along with ''RMS Queen Elizabeth'' she was to provide a weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York. H=er keel was laid on 27 Dec 1930 |
− | With the outbreak of the Second World War, she | + | With the outbreak of the Second World War, she wasrequisitioned by the Ministry ofShipping on 1 Mar 1940, and converted into a troopship to ferry Allied soldiers during the war. On 2 October 1942, ''Queen Mary'' accidentally sank one of her escort ships, slicing through the light cruiser ''HMS Curacoa'' off the Irish coast with a loss of 239 lives. ''Queen Mary'' was carrying thousands of Americans of the 29th Infantry Division to join the Allied forces in Europe. |
− | She | + | She resume commercial service during July 1947 before leaving Southampton for the last time on 31 October 1967 and sailed to the port of Long Beach, California, United States, where she remains permanently moored serving as a tourist attraction featuring restaurants, a museum and a hotel. |
===Soldiers carried=== | ===Soldiers carried=== | ||
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===Cape Town to England 30 May - 17 Jun 1940=== | ===Cape Town to England 30 May - 17 Jun 1940=== | ||
*[[Raymond Eric Gerard Bennett]] | *[[Raymond Eric Gerard Bennett]] |
Revision as of 00:45, 5 November 2021
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 1.1 Soldiers carried
- 1.2 Cape Town to England 30 May - 17 Jun 1940
- 1.3 Fremantle to Bombay 25 October - 7 November 1940
- 1.4 Fremantle to Middle East 9 - 23 September 1941
- 1.5 Fremantle to Port Tewfik, Egypt 7 - 22 November 1941
- 1.6 Suez to Fremantle via Massawa & Maldive Islands 24 January - 18 February 1943
Remarks
The RMS Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line – known as Cunard-White Star Line. Along with RMS Queen Elizabeth she was to provide a weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York. H=er keel was laid on 27 Dec 1930
With the outbreak of the Second World War, she wasrequisitioned by the Ministry ofShipping on 1 Mar 1940, and converted into a troopship to ferry Allied soldiers during the war. On 2 October 1942, Queen Mary accidentally sank one of her escort ships, slicing through the light cruiser HMS Curacoa off the Irish coast with a loss of 239 lives. Queen Mary was carrying thousands of Americans of the 29th Infantry Division to join the Allied forces in Europe.
She resume commercial service during July 1947 before leaving Southampton for the last time on 31 October 1967 and sailed to the port of Long Beach, California, United States, where she remains permanently moored serving as a tourist attraction featuring restaurants, a museum and a hotel.
Soldiers carried
Cape Town to England 30 May - 17 Jun 1940
Fremantle to Bombay 25 October - 7 November 1940
2/16th Battalion
Fremantle to Middle East 9 - 23 September 1941
Boarded 6th, sailed 9th September
- Claude Raymond Anderson
- Thomas Geoffrey Eliot
- Stanley Upton Hammond
- Thomas Malarkey
- Len Malarkey
- Victor Henry Mead
- John William Pryor
- Harold Jack Spencer