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	RMS Queen Mary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		When she sailed on her maiden voyage from Southampton England on May 27, 1936, the Queen Mary was the second largest liner in existence at that time (the French liner Normandie being the largest), at 81,237 gross tons and with a length of 1,019.2 feet (311 m).
		In August 1936 Queen Mary captured the Blue Riband from the SS Normandie with an average speed of 30.14 knots (55.82 km/h).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary (1646 words)

	RMS Queen Mary 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2) is a Cunard Line ocean liner named after the earlier Cunard liner Queen Mary, which was in turn named after Mary of Teck.
		Queen Mary 2 visits the original Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA On February 23, 2006, after completing the journey around South America, the QM2 met her namesake, the original RMS Queen Mary, which is permanently docked at Long Beach, CA.
		While the primary reference point for the vessel's design was undoubtedly that of her running mate, the Queen Elizebeth 2, her exterior lines also show hints of her predecessor, the Queen Mary, in the curved forward bridge screen, and the tower-like ends of the bridge screen that rise to the bridge wings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2 (2927 words)

	RMS Queen Mary: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The cunard line is the british cruise line that operates the rms queen elizabeth 2 (qe2) and rms queen mary 2rms queen mary 2 (qm2) cruise ships...
		Her majesty queen victoria (alexandrina victoria) (24 may 1819 - 22 january 1901) was queen of the united kingdom from 20 june 1837, and...
		(RMS Queen Elizabeth[Click link for more facts about this topic] (the largest passenger steamship ever built at the time of her launch) was launched in 1938.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/rm/rms_queen_mary2.htm (1762 words)

	RMS Queen Mary 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Her predecessor, Queen Elizabeth 2 which is half the size of QM2, started service at about the same time as the first jumbo jet took to the skies and she became the luxury way to travel between New York and Southampton, England and eventually teamed up with British Airways’ “Concorde”.
		She was christened at a ceremony with all the traditional pomp and circumstance of a Royal occasion in Southampton on January 8, 2004 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and four days later the brand-new Queen Mary 2 embarked on her maiden voyage.
		Queen Mary 2 is the only cruise liner today making regular transatlantic crossings between the United States and the United Kingdom.
	www.queenmarybritishpub.com /RMS-Queen-Mary-2 (765 words)

	RMS Queen Mary - LostLiners.com
		Once launched, Queen Mary was towed to her fitting out basin where the task of installing her machinery and fittings was to be handled.
		Such an occasion was the departure of Queen Mary from her birthplace that a national holiday was declared and more than a million people were on hand to witness her 15-mile journey down the Clyde.
		Queen Mary passed the docks amid screaming sirens and whistles from other liners docked there and it seemed, if only for a moment, that all the worries and concerns that preoccupied the world had simply faded away, lost in the brilliant glory of this magnificent new vessel.
	www.lostliners.com /Liners/Cunard/Queen_Mary/newqueen.html (2345 words)

	Tri-ang Minic Ships - RMS Queen Mary
		RMS Queen Mary was also fitted with light weapons for self defence but her main protection, particularly against U-boats, was her sheer speed.
		RMS Queen Mary only suffered minor damage in the collision and because of the importance of delivering her troops was not able to stop and render assistance.
		RMS Queen Mary is still moored at Long Beach, California where she operates as a hotel, museum and conference centre.
	www.triangminicships.com /classic_edition/liners/qm.htm (871 words)

	RMS Queen Mary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The jubilant and triumphant launch of RMS Queen Mary on 26 September 1934 by Her Majesty Queen Mary signified the end of the depression that had gripped the world and the British Empire, and provided a firm re-assertion that Britannia had the finest merchant fleet in the world.
		For three decades thereafter, RMS Queen Mary would rule the Atlantic, surviving the perils of a world war, ultimately creating a legacy that led to her being called the stateliest liner afloat.
		In the end, RMS Queen Mary remained the final say in transatlantic luxury and class, proving she was indeed, ‘a noble tribute to the imagination of man.’
	members.aol.com /bry1976/qnmary.htm (420 words)

	RMS Queen Mary - LostLiners.com
		Now as the postwar years saw prosperous years for Queen Mary, a problem first noticed when she was still new to the sea began to gain considerable attention.
		Despite the model tests that showed she would be a very stable ship, Queen Mary rolled so much that, in the words of some, she could "...roll the milk out of a cup of tea..." and Cunard's confidence in her stability had led to the shortsighted absence of storm rails in her corridors.
		RMS Queen Mary arrived at her new home at 11:30AM on Saturday December 9th, 1967 much the way she had entered the world; to the cheers of more than 1 million people.
	www.lostliners.com /Liners/Cunard/Queen_Mary/end.html (1405 words)

	Queen Mary
		Queen Mary I of England reigned as Queen of England for a short five years (r.1553-1558), the first reigning queen since the disputed Mathilda in the 12th...
		Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, was born in 1516 and suffered through a...
		Mary Tudor, Mary I, or Bloody Mary as she was known to 17th Century Protestants,* was the eldest...
	www.marinercruises.ns.ca /?Category=Queen%20Mary (1101 words)

	RMS Queen Mary 2 - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The ship was constructed to complement the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) - the Cunard flagship from 1969 to 2004 - replacing it on the transatlantic route.
		After completing the journey around South America, on February 23 2006, the QM2 met her namesake, the original RMS Queen Mary, which is permanently docked at Long Beach, CA.
		The exterior lines of the QM2 show hints of her predecessor, the Queen Mary, in the curved forward bridge screen, and the tower-like ends of the bridge screen that rise to the bridge wings.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/RMS_Queen_Mary_2 (2154 words)

	Queen Mary Investigation
		This investigation was carried out under the authority of the OKCGC and permission of the Queen Mary Trust.
		The RMS Queen Mary is a beautiful old ship that has been called one of the most actively haunted locations in the United States.
		RMS Queen Mary - Infamous Watertight Door Number 13 in Shaft Alley where John Peddler was crushed to death during a routine drill.
	www.researchwebcam.com /OKCGC/investigations/qm.html (745 words)

	RMS Queen Mary
		The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines.
		The Queen Mary's future role was to be on the North Atlantic, however one urgent trip carrying US troops to Sydney was the priority.
		The Queen Mary's journey to Long Beach was was turned into a cruise to recoup some of the costs of the voyage.
	www.ocean-liners.com /ships/qm.asp (1567 words)

	Current Restoration Projects aboard the RMS Queen Mary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Queen Mary remains one of the last surviving greyhounds of the Atlantic, a lone ambassador to an era of ocean travel which many regard as symbolic of not only growth and prosperity in ocean travel but in the years post and prior to the last great war this earth bore witness to.
		One capsule of this expression is is the RMS Queen Mary, her splendid works of art are now forever embodied within her hallways and public rooms.
		Removed during the Queen Mary's early years in Long Beach to serve as a fast food restaurant, the Verandah Grill was renowned for it's unique decor.
	uncommonjourneys.com /pages/restor.htm (663 words)

	RMS Queen Mary
		The company's ships' names were preceded by “RMS”, standing for “Royal Mail Ship”, and so in time, there was the Royal Mail Ship Queen Mary, though she was primarily designed as a luxury passenger liner.
		On 26 September 1934, Her Majesty Queen Mary, in the presence of King George V and Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, performed a brief launching ceremony at Clydebank in Scotland, watched by two hundred thousand people.
		Dorothy Laird in Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Her Support to the Throne During Four Reigns tells us that all the adults of the Royal Family were wearing court mourning for King George V at the time.
	www.crht.ca /LibraryShelf/RMSQueenMary.htm (807 words)

	Queen Mary's Meet
		The 5th largest city in California, Long Beach is home to the Queen Mary and Aquarium of the Pacific offering big city adventure with the visitor friendly charm of a small town.
		The Queen Mary 2, the world’s largest and most elegant ocean liner of today, will sail into the Port of Long Beach through Queen’s Gate, the same entrance used by the RMS Queen Mary when she arrived in Long Beach in 1967.
		Queen Mary 2 will bid Bon Voyage” to Long Beach and the Queen Mary as she continues on her cruise to Mexico.
	www.thequeenmarysmeet.com /EVENT_DETAIL (319 words)

	RMS QUEEN MARY
		The Royal Mail Ship Queen Mary had a long and illustrious career.
		The Queen Mary is not the first ship to be haunted, and it certainly won't be the last.
		Eerie sound of a little girl screaming for her mommy in the pool room.
	www.geocities.com /inhell_2000/rmsqm.html (392 words)

	Cunard: The Most Famous Ocean Liners In The World
		And whereas RMS Britannia’s top speed of 8.5 knots meant she took over 11 days to reach Halifax, RMS Queen Mary 2 can do it in less than half the time.
		Almost the only thing RMS Britannia could boast which RMS Queen Mary 2 cannot was a live cow slung in a hammock on deck — the source of fresh milk for the voyage.
		The voyage on RMS Britannia — which, depending on the weather, might have been spent ankle-deep in water — was taken up with bridge, strolling on deck, polite conversation, and looking at the night sky.
	www.cunardline.com /news?Cat=&View=ViewArticle&Mode=News&ContentID=4493&Page=2 (378 words)

	Brownell Vacations - RMS Queen Mary 65th Anniversary Invitation: Pay 1936 Fares (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cunard Line is making a unique invitation to anyone who sailed aboard the Cunard liner RMS Queen Mary on her maiden voyage in 1936.
		The company is inviting them to join either of two special RMS Queen Mary 65th Anniversary Celebration cruises aboard Queen Elizabeth 2 for the cruise-only fare they paid to cross on RMS Queen Mary 65 years ago: starting at US $100 per person.
		There will also be a special Queen Mary Dinner featuring vintage menus and a "Black & White Queen Mary Celebration Ball" on one evening of each crossing during which guests are invited to wear vintage dress from the 1930s.
	www.brownelltravel.com /vacations/FullStory.asp?ID=70 (445 words)

	Underworld Magazine Psychic Investigation The RMS Queen Mary
		But, in a nutshell, the Queen Mary, launched on September 26th, 1934, was one of the last great Atlantic liners in existence.
		During her 70-year history, the Queen Mary was the site of at least 49 reported deaths.
		The Queen Mary sustained minimal damage to the sides and to the bow, but the destroyer quickly sank.
	www.underworldtales.com /mary.htm (1319 words)

	Queen Mary
		The Queen Mary sails majestically past the Statue of Liberty as she departs from New York, bound for Europe, early post war.
		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.
		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.
	www.naval-art.com /queen_mary.htm (878 words)

	VICTORIAN TURKISH BATHS: Ocean liners: RMS Queen Mary - - - -
		Completing the suite was an office for the attendant, and a further room in which bathers could obtain ultra-violet, infrared, or diathermy treatments under the supervision of the nursing sister or dispenser.
		When the Queen Mary left on her maiden voyage, the Turkish baths were run by Arthur Mason, who had been specially transferred from the Berengaria.
		An analysis of the previous year's voyage receipts showed that on the Queen Mary, able to accommodate 776 Cabin Class passengers, the average number of 'treatments' given per sailing day was only 10.7, or three less per day than the Queen Elizabeth.
	www.victorianturkishbath.org /6DIRECTORY/AtoZEstab/Liners/QMarySF.htm (1305 words)

	RMS Queen Mary art print by artist James Flood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Elegantly designed with a broad range of contemporary and classical artwork, yet more conventional than her predecessors, offering the comfort of stuffed chairs and cozy fireplaces, the Queen Mary appealed to the ordinary traveler as well as those preferring a first class passage.
		A close pass to her sister ship, the Queen Elizabeth, became a mid-Atlantic ritual, when, weather permitting, the captains of both ships would intentionally steer within close proximity, saluting each other with three long blasts of their whistles.
		As air travel increased, passengers on the giant steamship decreased, and the RMS Queen Mary was terminally removed from service in 1967, having transported more than two million passengers, 800,000 troops, and traveled over three million miles.
	www.jamesaflood.com /_quynmry.htm (436 words)

	Queen Mary model ship
		Throughout her illustrious career - whether it was wrestling with the splendid Normandie for the coveted ‘Blue Riband’ or eluding wily Nazi U-boat captains whilst transporting thousands of essential allied military personnel during the second world war - RMS Queen Mary captivated the imagination and hearts of those who sailed aboard her.
		During wartime, Queen Mary carried a total of 765,429 military personnel, sailed a total of 569,429 miles.
		Queen Mary retired on September 19th, 1967, after completing 1,001 crossings of the Atlantic!
	www.modelshipmaster.com /products/ocean_liners/QM.htm (365 words)

	RMS Queen Mary
		The Queen Mary remains one of the most famous ships in history.
		For lots of history and photographs of her construction and early years, please visit the RMS Queen Mary Virtual Tour.
		Paranormal experts believe that the Queen Mary is haunted.
	www.massey.zetnet.co.uk /qmhome.htm (250 words)

	RMS Queen Mary - Long Beach, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When The Bedlam Web Group set about creating a site dedicated to RMS Queen Mary, the greatest ocean liner ever to sail the seas, it was undoubtledly their most ambitious project to date.
		We'd intended to follow up our Queen Mary site with pages devoted to RMS Titanic - the loss of all our QM files led to the appearance of the 'sequel' first.
		The funnels were replaced (when RMS Queen Mary came to Long Beach) with three slightly smaller copies.
	www.koolpages.com /aerickane/queenmary.html (303 words)

	Queen Mary Architect
		This week-long gala celebrating the 59th Anniversary of the Queen Mary's launch was made possible by the joint efforts of the Queen Mary Foundation and RMS Foundation, Inc. During a special ceremony, Sir John Brown donated his first set of drafting tools to the archives of the Queen Mary.
		The cathedral-like grace of the Queen Mary is an eloquent tribute to her designer.
		John Brown on board the Queen Mary in 1993, at the age of 92.
	home.compuall.net /~dianerush/Brown.html (1873 words)

	Mind Streaming-John Coxon's on-line journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The scale of the R.M.S. Queen Mary was awesome at the time, and they superimposed the ship in two picture/diagrams to make the point.
		The Queen Mary was great engineering achievement, in the days when we had a huge and flourishing ship building industry.
		The all-new Queen Mary II is "only 117 feet shorter than the Empire State Building is tall" and " is as long as 36 double-decker London buses", (and will cost a mere $800 million, carrying 2,620 passengers).
	www.blogstudio.com /SearchResults.jsp?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1042381802828000136680308558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1051730855187 (1419 words)

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