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RMS Queen Mary’s War Service: Voyages to Victory
By Eric Niderost
The late summer of 1939 saw Great Britain teetering on the brink of war with Hitler’s Germany. The years of appeasement and vacillation, of meekly acquiescing to Hitler’s insatiable territorial demands, were over at last. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s government pledged to come to Poland’s aid if it was attacked. It was clear that if the Polish crisis could not be settled amicably Europe would be at war within a matter of days. Southampton became a magnet for thousands of people seeking to escape the Continent before hostilities began. Many were Americans, who cut their holidays short for fear of being trapped on the wrong side of the Atlantic. One such “refugee” was entertainer Bob Hope and his wife, Dolores, who booked passage on the RMS Queen Mary. The Hopes were not alone, and in fact Queen Mary had a record 2,332 passengers aboard when she left Southampton on August 30, 1939.
The Queen Mary • Evidence for designs, functions, techniques, processes, styles, customs andhabits or uses and associations in relation to events and people. How early, intact or rarethese features are mayimpact on significance. TS QUEEN MARY is thelast surviving example of her class worldwide and one of the few remaining passenger ships of any class to have been built with steam turbines. She served in the same fleet as TS KING EDWARD(1901-1951), the world's first steam-turbine-powered passenger vessel and was built on the strength of this vessel’s success, being the third and largest of her type constructed at William Denny's yard for Williamson-Buchanan Steamers. In the 1980s, TS QUEEN MARY was converted into a hospitality venue, resulting in drastic fabric alterations. Since her return to Glasgow in 2016, extensive work has begun on the st • Retired British ocean liner (historical) For other ships with the same name, see Queen Mary (ship). Queen Mary at Long Beach, California (January 2011) Name TS Queen Mary
RMS Queen Mary
History Name Queen Mary Namesake Mary, Queen of the United Kingdom Owner Port of registry Liverpool Route Southampton to New York via Cherbourg (eastbound and westbound) Ordered 3 April 1929 Builder Yard number 534 Laid down 1 December 1930 Launched 26 September 1934 Sponsored by Queen Mary Christened 26 September 1934 Maiden voyage 27 May 1936 In service 1936–1967 Out of service 9 månad 1967 Identification Status Laid up as a floating hotel and museum ship, Long Beach. General characteristics Type Ocean liner Tonnage Displacement 77,400 long tons (78,642 metric tons) Length