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  John Young
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.
RMS Queen Elizabeth (1938) mid Atlantic by John Young The Queen Elizabeth was the largest ship in the world.
Queen Elizabeth 2 (1969) off Rio De Janeiro by John Young The largest twin-screw vessel, QE2 is the Cunard Line's flagship and is currently in service.
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  RMS Queen Elizabeth 2
The Queen Elizabeth 2, often called "the QE2," is the flagship of the Cunard Line.
The "2" in the name distinguishes her from the first ship of the name, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, which was named for Queen Elizabeth, the wife of King George VI of the United Kingdom who was queen consort when that ship was built.
The name was formerly written Queen Elizabeth II and this spelling is sometimes seen, though the company uses the Arabic numeral to distinguish the ship from the monarch.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/rm/RMS_Queen_Elizabeth_2.html   (210 words)

  
 Queen Elizabeth
The fitting out of Queen Elizabeth was halted and she was left to wait as the sparks of conflict were fanned into the raging fire of another world war.
The Queen Elizabeth was sent into drydock for major overhauls and updating that was intended to keep her on the Atlantic well into the mid 1970's and for a time be a running mate for the successor to the Queen Mary.
The Queen Elizabeth was redecorated throughout with modern soft furnishings and given a new lido deck and stern outdoor swimming pool.
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 Science Fair Projects - RMS Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth was the largest passenger steamship ever constructed and held the record for the largest passenger ship of any kind until being surpassed in 1996.
For several decades after the war, the Queen Elizabeth, together with the Queen Mary, dominated the transatlantic passenger trade until their fortunes began to decline with the advent of the faster and more economical airplane.
In 1968, the Queen Elizabeth was sold to a group of Philadelphia businessmen and operated as a hotel and tourist attraction in Port Everglades, Florida.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/RMS_Queen_Elizabeth   (608 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/RMS Queen Elizabeth 2
Further, when Queen Elizabeth II launched the ship in 1967 she spoke the name as "Queen Elizabeth the Second"; however, the ship is normally called "Queen Elizabeth Two," not "The Second", for the same reason.
The Queen Elizabeth 2 was built by the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in the John Brown Shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland.
The Queen Elizabeth 2's interior configuration was laid out in a horizontal fashion, similar to the SS France, where the spaces dedicated to the two classes were spread horizontally on specific decks, in contrast to the vertical class divisions of older liners.
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 RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Information
The Queen Elizabeth 2 was built by the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in the John Brown Shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland, her keel being laid down on July 5, 1965.
The Queen Elizabeth 2's interior configuration was laid out in a horizontal fashion, similar to the SS France, where the spaces dedicated to the two classes were spread horizontally on specific decks, in contrast to the vertical class divisions of older liners.
The Midships Lobby holds a solid silver model of the Queen Elizabeth 2 made by Asprey of Bond Street in 1975, that was lost until a photograph was found in 1997 that led to the discovery of the model itself, and its placement on the QE2 in 1999.
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 RMS Queen Elizabeth
R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth was an ocean-going liner of the Cunard Steamship Lines.
Named for Queen Elizabeth who was queen consort of the United Kingdom at that time, her maiden voyage took place after the outbreak of World War II, on March 3, 1940, with a secret destination of New York.
During the war the ship, like the R.M.S. Queen Mary, was used for troop transport.
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 RMS Queen Mary at AllExperts
RMS Queen Mary was a Cunard Line (then Cunard White Star Line) ocean liner that sailed the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967.
Queen Mary and her slightly larger and younger running mate RMS Queen Elizabeth commenced this two-ship service after their release from World War II troop transport duties and continued it until for two decades until Queen Mary's retirement in 1967.
There was already a "Clyde steamer" named Queen Mary, so Cunard reached agreement with the owners that the existing steamer would be renamed TS Queen Mary II, and in 1934 the new liner was launched by Her Majesty as RMS Queen Mary.
en.allexperts.com /e/r/rm/rms_queen_mary.htm   (2037 words)

  
 R.M.S Queen Elizabeth.
RMS Queen Elizabeth was 83,673 tons a bit more heavery then her young sister ship who was 80,774 tons she was allso build at the same place of couse like her sister at John Brown and Co Ltd, Glasgow they where built for New York service.
She was launch on the 27 September 1938 after a bit of a rockey launch, the Queen Elizabeth went to be fitted out and the completion date was set for spring 1940 but the outbreak of World War II, on 3 September, meant that the Queen Elizabeth would follow a different agenda.
The Queen Elizabeth was now at risk because, not only was it at risk from German bombers but also it was fitting out berth which was urgently required for warship construction.
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 Wikinfo | Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor) (born April 21, 1926) is the Queen regnant and head of state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 16 Commonwealth Realms.
Queen Elizabeth is a central character in a series of murder mystery novels by the Canadian author Douglas Whiteway (writing under the penname C.
The Cunard cruise liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (note the Arabic numeral) is so named not for Queen Elizabeth II, but rather because it is Cunard's second ship of that name.
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 Queen Elizabeth 2 Ship | Queen | Queen.1hochzeit.org
Queen Elizabeth Cruise Ship Queen Elizabeth Cruise Ship Cunard Cruise Line Photo GalleryThe Queen Elizabeth or QE as she is commonly known was the flagship of the Cunard Line for over.
About Your Ship Queen Elizabeth Thus as Roman numerals are always used for monarchs the Arabic numeral " " is used in the ship s name to distinguish her from the monarch Queen Elizabeth II.
The Queen Elizabeth or QE as she is commonly known was the flagship of the Cunard Line for over.
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 Ð.O.V.A - Queen Elizabeth Chronicles
The R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth at the time was the largest ship afloat, she was painted gray and her maiden
Queen Elizabeth with a torpedo on November 11, 1942.
In January 1952 the Queen Elizabeth fuel capacity was increased and
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 RMS Queen Elizabeth - China-related Topics RM-RP - China-Related Topics
Queen Elizabeth was the largest passenger steamship ever constructed and held the record for the largest passenger ship of any kind until being surpassed in 1996 by the Carnival Destiny.
Following the end of the war, the Queen Elizabeth was able to be put to the use for which she was built; as part of Cunard's two ship, twice weekly service to New York.
In 1968, the Queen Elizabeth was sold to a group of Philadelphia businessmen who intended to operate the ship as a hotel and tourist attraction (similar to the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California) in Port Everglades, Florida.
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 Ð.O.V.A - Queen Elizabeth 2 Chronicles
By the mid 1960's the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth 2 was launched by Queen Elizabeth II.
The Queen Elizabeth 2 was decorated in seventies deco art, oddly she had plastic chairs in both first and
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 Queen Elizabeth II Cruise Ship Model 41"L
The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a Cunard Line ocean liner named after the earlier Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth.
She was the flagship of the line from 1969 until she was succeeded by RMS Queen Mary 2 in 2004.
She was considered the last of the great transatlantic ocean liners prior to the construction of the QM2, and before she was refitted with a diesel power plant she was the last oil-fired passenger steamship to cross the Atlantic in scheduled liner service.
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 rms queen elizabeth
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 Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Elizabeth was the second of the two superliners which Cunard had built to replace the Mauretania on the New York service.
In 1942 the Admiralty drew up plans to convert the two Queens into aircraft carriers but these were later abandoned as it was considered that their troop carrying role was too important.
During thick fog the American ship struck the starboard bows of the Queen Elizabeth but, luckily, damage to both vessels was only slight and temporary repairs were carried out at New York.
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 RMS Queen Mary - Should she have been built?
RMS Queen Mary - Should she have been built?
The “Queen Mary”, the first ship on the drawing board, grew in sketch form during 1926; over the next four years, as has been described elsewhere in these pages, there were to be many meetings, and arguments, for and against this type of machinery, this type of passenger lay­out.
To that degree they anxicipated the future, and also demonstrated the influence which increasing size of ship (later it was to be aircraft), had on the development of facilities on both sides of the Atlantic.
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 VICTORIAN TURKISH BATHS: Ocean liners: RMS Queen ...
It was refitted in 1946 and both Harry Leather and John Dempsey, who before the war had worked on the Queen Mary, were appointed to the new liner, together with a young boy, Tommy McDonald, as assistant.
Instead, the entrance was directly opposite the lift from the promenade and sun decks, past the squash courts and gymnasium, and straight down to the level of the Turkish bath.
John Dempsey was to stay on the Queen Elizabeth for fourteen years before he decided to move to Bermuda where he had been asked to run the Turkish bath in a newly built hotel.
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 Ocean liner and CRUISE SHIP MODELS - Model Ship Master
The history and profile of the RMS Queen Elizabeth is one of distinction and worthy of special recognition.
The epitome of ocean liner travel from her inaugural voyage to fateful retirement, RMS Queen Elizabeth played out a fascinating and colorful role in the history of the Twentieth Century.
Britannia was launched by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 April 1953 and commissioned on 11 January 1954.
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 RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, or "QE2" as she was affectionately known, was an ancient Earth passenger vessel that sailed that planet's Atlantic Ocean in the late 20th century.
The ship was noted for her excellent staff and service, which Ralph Offenhouse evoked at one point when complaining to Captain Picard about his treatment.
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 RMS Queen Elizabeth 2
By December 1958 the question of a replacement for the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth had arisen.
On 20 September the keel was launched by Queen Elizabeth II and the ship was named Queen Elizabeth 2.
The bomb disposal team were awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct.
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 RMS Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Elizabeth was the second of the two superliners which Cunard had built for the New York service.
The contract went to John Brown and Co, builders of the Queen Mary.
The ship's final protest came on 5 November 1975 when it rolled over and disgorged several tons of oil which polluted the surrounding waters and beaches.
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 GB Marine Art - Picture Gallery
Gordon Bauwens' work may be found in over 30 countries around the world to date, and is avidly collected by marine art enthusiasts, ship-lovers and those who thrill to the theme of ships and the sea.
High quality reproductions of his work retail on board QM2, QE2, RMS Queen Mary, the former Royal Yacht Britannia, and in galleries and museums throughout Britain and abroad.
Memorable NY welcome for Queen Elizabeth 2, late 1990's.
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 Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Queen Elizabeth Posters at AllPosters.com
Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Queen Elizabeth Posters at AllPosters.com
U.S. Troops Returning from Europe Fill Every Porthole as the Hms Queen Elizabeth Pulls into a Pier
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 Harold Jordan - Shipping Postcards - General List UK
QUEEN ELIZABETH and QUEEN MARY at Southampton, 27 September 1946
RMS QUEEN MARY (1936) with SS ARKADIA (Greek Line 1931)
RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 during trials period on the Clyde
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 Rms queen elizabeth 2 - Queen Elizabeth 2   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I recently fulfilled a long-held desire to see the RMS Queen Mary, which has been we have the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 and the RMS Queen Mary 2.
Cruise.co.uk - Queen Elizabeth 2 Cruises and Cunard cruises at the UK cruise by Sir Oswald Birley (this used to be aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth);
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a Cunard Line ocean liner named after the earlier Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth.
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 The Royal Scribe
While the Queen Mary started her life as a luxurious transatlantic ocean liner, breaking speed records along the way, work began on the future Queen Elizabeth, which was destined to hold the record as the largest passenger ship ever built until 1996.
Not that Queen Elizabeth’s voyage on the Queen Mary would have garnered anything more than an ironic chuckle, but the Duchess of Windsor likely had to swallow hard when she stepped foot on the ship named after the mother-in-law who scarcely acknowledged her.
Sailing on the Queen Elizabeth must have been even more difficult for the Duchess given the animosity between the two women, although I somehow think that Wallis managed to ease any personal discomfort by applying her biting sarcasm to the situation at the Queen’s expense.
www.etoile.co.uk /Columns/RoyalScribe/040920.html   (1527 words)

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