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RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. In tandem with Queen Mary both ships provided a weekly luxury liner service between Southampton in the United Kingdom and New York City in the United States, via Cherbourg in France.
RMS Queen Elizabeth, ocean liner of the Cunard–White Star line. It was launched in 1938 as the sister ship to the Queen Mary and served as a wartime troop transport, transatlantic ocean liner, and cruise ship until 1968. It burned during refitting in Hong Kong in 1972.
Nov 11, 2023 · Today's huge cruise ship, MS Queen Elizabeth is actually the third Queen Elizabeth to sail the waves. Before her, there was the legendary QE2, whose career spanned nearly 40 years and is now a hotel in Dubai. Now we come to the first, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, the now all but forgotten queen.
Sep 27, 2019 · The steam-powered ocean liner RMS Queen Elizabeth, constructed by the shipbuilding firm John Brown & Company for Cunard-White Star Line (renamed Cunard Line in 1949), was launched at a shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland.
RMS Queen Elizabeth was launched in 1938 and christened by her Majesty. Her interiors were finer than those of the RMS Queen Mary. On 16 June 1946, after serving as a troop ship in WW2 , the Queen Elizabeth was put into dry dock at Southampton to complete her refurbishment.
Sep 24, 2018 · RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line and contracted to carry Royal Mail. She and her sister RMS Queen Mary were the pride of Cunard Line as they easily adapted to the ever-changing shipping market.
Oct 23, 2010 · At the time of construction in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company in Clydebank, Scotland, the RMS Queen Elizabeth was known as Hull 552, but she was later named in honor of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Consort at the time of her launch on 27 September 1938, and in 1952 became the Queen Mother.
Cruising in the golden age of ocean liners, the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, both of Cunard, competed against the Normandie of the French Line, shown to the right docked in New York at the onset of WWII.
Oct 2, 2012 · The RMS Queen Elizabeth was the second of the two oceanliners which Cunard had built for the New York service. After lengthy negotiations between Sir Percy Bates, chairman of Cunard, and the Government a formal contract for what was known as job 535 was signed on 6 October 1936.
RMS Queen Elizabeth History Pages. 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 by the Carnival Cruise Ship Carnival Destiny.
