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| 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
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| shipyardnumber = 534
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| shiplaunched = 26 Sep 1934
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| shippropulsion = 4 x turbines
 
| shippropulsion = 4 x turbines
 
| shipspeed = 28.5 knots
 
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| shipcapacity = 10,595 passengers
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| shipcapacity = 10,595 troops
 
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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
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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.
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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. Her keel was laid down on 27 Dec 1930
  
  
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With the outbreak of the Second World War, she was converted into a troopship and ferried 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.
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With the outbreak of the Second World War, she was requisitioned by the Ministry of Shipping 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.
  
  
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She left 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 where she serves as a tourist attraction featuring restaurants, a museum and a hotel.  
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She resumed 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]]
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===Fremantle to Bombay 25 October - 7 November 1940===
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2/16th Battalion
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* [[James Henry Clarke]]
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===Fremantle to Singapore 10 - 19 February 1941===
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Convoy US9
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* [[William Albert Arthur Parkin]]
  
 
===Fremantle to Middle East 9 - 23 September 1941===
 
===Fremantle to Middle East 9 - 23 September 1941===
 
Boarded 6th, sailed 9th September
 
Boarded 6th, sailed 9th September
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*[[Claude Raymond Anderson]]
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* [[Claude Raymond Anderson]]
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*[[Stanley Upton Hammond]]
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* [[Hubert Laurence Batt]]
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*[[Thomas Malarkey]]
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* [[Graeme Patrick Benson]]
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*[[Len Malarkey]]
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* [[Harry Alfred Curtis]]
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*[[Victor Henry Mead]]
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* [[William George Davis]]
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*[[John William Pryor]]
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* [[Thomas Geoffrey Eliot]]  
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* [[Stanley Upton Hammond]]
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* [[William John Eric Johnson]]
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* [[Thomas Malarkey]]
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* [[Len Malarkey]]
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* [[Victor Henry Mead]]
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* [[Frederick Thomas Orton Miller]]
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* [[John William Pryor]]
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* [[Edgar Paul Siebner]]
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* [[Harold Jack Spencer]]
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* [[Alexander William Turner MID]]
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* [[Thomas John Walsh]]
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* [[Edward Ernest Wilson]]
  
 
===Fremantle to Port Tewfik, Egypt 7 - 22 November 1941===
 
===Fremantle to Port Tewfik, Egypt 7 - 22 November 1941===
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*[[Albert Charles Gregory]]
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* [[Alan Clifton Navin Butcher]]
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*[[Stanley Rudolph Jarvis]]
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* [[Albert Charles Gregory]]
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* [[Stanley Rudolph Jarvis]]
  
 
=== Suez to Fremantle via Massawa & Maldive Islands 24 January - 18 February 1943===
 
=== Suez to Fremantle via Massawa & Maldive Islands 24 January - 18 February 1943===
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*[[Albert William Chadwick]]
 
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*[[Douglas John Elliott]]
 
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*[[Stanley Upton Hammond]]
 
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*[[Thomas Stanley Meagher]]
 
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*[[Lawrence Gerald McDonough]]
 
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*[[Walter Vivian Ernest Peters]]
 
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*[[Stephen Charles Southern]]
 
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2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion
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* † [[George Brushmeyer]]
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* [[Albert William Chadwick]]
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* [[Lawrence Gerald McDonough]]
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* [[Thomas Stanley O'Meagher]]
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* [[Walter Vivian Ernest Peters]]
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* [[Frederick Joseph Powell]]
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* [[John Peter Lewis Rymer]]
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* [[Edward Arthur Sewell]]
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* [[James Gordon (Jock) Wheeler]]
  
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2/32nd Battalion
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* [[Raymond Victor Clough]]
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* [[Harry Alfred Curtis]]
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* [[Douglas John Elliott]]
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* [[Stanley Upton Hammond]]
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* † [[Wallace Nelson McLauchlan]]
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* † [[Bernard Sydney Smailes]]
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* † [[Eric Stanley Southern]]
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* [[Stephen Charles Southern]]
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* [[Edward Ernest Wilson]]
  
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2/43rd Battalion
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* † [[David Robert Gerald Watts]]
  
 
[[Category:Ships]]
 
[[Category:Ships]]

Latest revision as of 17:59, 12 October 2023

HMT Queen Mary
RMS Queen Mary.jpg
Queen Mary in her resting place at Long Beach California
RMS Queen Mary 1.jpg
Queen Mary during fit out
History
Name HMT Queen Mary
Owner Cunard, White Star Line
Builder 1936 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Yard number 534
Launched 26 Sep 1934
Completed March 1936
In service 1936
Out of service 1967
Fate Museum ship
General characteristics
Type Passenger Liner
Tonnage 81,237 tons
Length 1,019'6" (310.74m)
Beam 118' (35.97m)
Depth 38'10" (11.83m)
Propulsion 4 x turbines
Speed 28.5 knots
Capacity 10,595 troops


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. Her keel was laid down on 27 Dec 1930


With the outbreak of the Second World War, she was requisitioned by the Ministry of Shipping 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 resumed 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 Singapore 10 - 19 February 1941

Convoy US9

Fremantle to Middle East 9 - 23 September 1941

Boarded 6th, sailed 9th September

Fremantle to Port Tewfik, Egypt 7 - 22 November 1941

Suez to Fremantle via Massawa & Maldive Islands 24 January - 18 February 1943

2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion

2/32nd Battalion

2/43rd Battalion

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