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- In 1936, the entire Williamson-Buchanan fleet, including TS Queen Mary II, passed into the ownership of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company.
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Queen Mary 2: Namesake: RMS Queen Mary: Owner: Carnival Corporation & plc: Operator: Cunard Line: Port of registry: Southampton, UK (2004–2011) Hamilton, Bermuda (2011–present) Ordered: 6 November 2000: Builder: STX Europe Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France: Yard number: G32: Laid down: 4 July 2002: Launched: 21 March 2003 ...
The name had already been given to the Clyde turbine steamer TS Queen Mary, so Cunard made an arrangement with its owners and this older ship was renamed Queen Mary II. [13] Queen Mary was fitted with 24 Yarrow boilers in four boiler rooms and four Parsons turbines in two engine rooms.
First command: Apr-2008. Bio. Captain Nick Bates. First command: 29-Nov-2008. Retired: 28-Aug-2010. Bio. The Queen Mary 2, or QM2 is the new flagship of the Cunard Line. She is the largest passenger liner ever built.
May 19, 2024 · Queen Mary, British passenger ship of the Cunard Line that was the epitome of the transatlantic ocean liner. The Queen Mary was in service from 1936 to 1967, and it later became a hotel and tourist attraction, docked at Long Beach, California.
Feb 5, 2014 · Kimberly Wilson Wetty, co-president and co-owner of Valerie Wilson Travel in New York, agreed that comparisons with other ships were difficult, but the Queen Mary 2 did break new ground in some ways.
Queen Mary 2 sailed to Southampton in late 2003 under the command of Commodore R. W. Warwick, who had previously commanded QE2. His father Commodore Bil Warwick was the first master of QE2. QM2 was christened by HM.
Queen Mary left New York on March 21, 1940, bound for Australia via the Cape of Good Hope. Once down under, the ship would undergo a major refit to turn her into a troopship. The liner reached Sydney on April 17, a voyage of some 14,000 miles made at an average speed of 27.2 knots.
