Great Value Ocean Liner art prints of
the Queen Mary Luxury Ocean Liner, the Queen Mary, by naval
artist Robert Taylor. The Queen Mary shown in naval art print leaving New
York available from Cranston Fine Arts. Other Ocean liner prints
available.
RMS Queen Mary (1906) The Voyage Ahead by John Young
In 1936 the Queen Mary, on her sixth voyage out, won the Blue
Riband of the Atlantic from the French Line's Normandie by making
the run from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose Lighthouse in 4 days, 27 minutes at
a speed of 30.14 knots. The following year the title was lost back to the Normandie
but recovered in 1938 with an outward crossing of 3 days, 21 hours and 48
minutes at a speed of 30.99 knots. The Queen Mary was commissioned as a transport on March 1st
1940, having been laid up in New York since the outbreak of war. After
being fitted out in Sydney, Australia, she made her first voyage from
there on May 5th, 1940.
On September 29th 1946, the Queen Mary arrived at
Southampton from Halifax on her last trooping voyage, and a few days later
was sent to John Brown's for reconversion to a passenger ship. Almost a
year later, on July 31st 1947, she began her first post-war
sailing from Southampton to Cherbourg and New York. From then on, she was
engaged in the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York service, with a call at
Plymouth eastbound. In May 1967, Cunard decided to sell her to the highest bidder, rather
than send her to the scrapyard, as by this time she wad operating at a
loss of $2 million a year. She was sold on August 18th 1967,
for $3,450,000 to the City of Long Beach, California. She arrived at Southampton on September 27th 1967, after
completing her 1,000th, and last voyage for Cunard. A period of
four years was spent refitting her, and she finally opened for business as
a hotel, maritime museum and convention centre on May 10th
1971.
RMS Queen Mary - The Legend Begins by Gordon Bauwens
The magnificent new Cunarder bids farewell to her birthplace - John
Browns shipyard, Clydebank 24th March 1936.
HMS Durban Escorts the
Troopship RMS Queen Mary by Ivan Berryman.
Queen Mary at Southampton by Ivan Berryman
Farewell America by Robert Taylor
The Queen Mary sails majestically past the Statue of Liberty as she
departs from New York, bound for Europe, early post war. Signatories: Captain Treasure Jones, last captain of the Queen Mary.
