Bill, where can I get more information on sir John and his passing? Best regards, JB...
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:57 am
Why not try a search on Google....
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Jbarton534@...
Jan 4, 2001 4:27 am
Bill, what is a google? JB...
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Clynder@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:21 pm
... From The Scotsman newspaper....... Sir John Brown, naval architect. Born: 6 May, 1901 Died: 27 December, 2000 JIM GILCHRIST WITH the Clydeside yard that...
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Clynder@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:37 pm
While searching for more info on Sir John. I came upon the following incredible stats........... Tom. ***************************************************** The...
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Clynder@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:56 pm
Julian, Having just visited your web site for the first time in several weeks, I noticed that you have added a photograph in the Power Train section. The photo...
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Julian Hill
sterling@...
Jan 4, 2001 7:12 pm
I spoke to him once. Might have his details somewhere. I'll have a look. Julian...
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Julian Hill
sterling@...
Jan 4, 2001 7:12 pm
... A search engine. Julian...
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Norm Powell
scouse@...
Jan 5, 2001 11:56 pm
I came across http://website.lineone.net/~rhaywood/ships1.html while browsing. There is a "QUEEN MARY" video advertised along with a host of other titles ...
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Matt L.
fthays@...
Jan 6, 2001 1:13 am
I would like to know more about the famous passengers that sailed on the Queen Mary so that I may include their names in a web page I am working on. I do have...
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Clynder@...
Jan 6, 2001 3:04 pm
... Wow, lots of questions here. Will Bill Cwiklo step up to the podium please.:-) I don't think there should be any doubt that the answer to 4) is financial. ...
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Jan 6, 2001 5:51 pm
Yes, lots of great questions. Matt you should arrange with Ron Smith, the Exhibits Manager to use the archives on the QM for answers to some of them. ...
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Norm Powell
scouse@...
Jan 7, 2001 3:58 am
The conversion factors are variable - about 6.4 - 6.5 bbls/metric tonne for Bunker C, - 6.7 for Intermediate 1500. 7.2 /tonne for Marine Diesel and 7.5 for...
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Jan 7, 2001 4:37 pm
1. Yes, on an official visit to Canada in 1953 or 1954, the widowed Queen Mother traveled on way on the QE and the other on the QM. 2. At some point in the...
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Don Schmidt
dschmidt@...
Jan 9, 2001 2:44 am
Just wanted to say to all my friends in the group. Haven't posted in a long time, but I do read all the messages. I was excited to hear that the QM2 project...
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Jbarton534@...
Jan 9, 2001 5:06 am
Don, Glad to see you posting up to the group!!!! anybody have any information on the sinking of the Sea Breeze. Take care JB...
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Sara O'Brien
producer_girl@...
Jan 9, 2001 2:33 pm
Nobody seems to know just what caused the ship to sink, although she was caught in a pretty good storm, from what I saw of the rescue footage. The article...
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Jan 10, 2001 3:16 am
Hi Don.. Great to hear from you... The best source on the QM2 is the site we have linked to our web site identified as "the comprehensive site".... Bill ... ...
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Matt L.
fthays@...
Jan 11, 2001 5:30 pm
I saw this article on MSNBC about an old LST transport ship that took part in the Normandy invasion and has spent the last several decades in Greece. ...
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Jan 11, 2001 10:45 pm
One of the primary reasons for the retirement of the QM was the serious inadequacy of the crew accommodations by late 1960's labor standards. Cunard hopes to...
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Julian Hill
sterling@...
Jan 12, 2001 9:18 am
... This is more than I have in my home town. Do they actually intend to make the crew do any work? ... I would have thought the idea of a superstructure was...
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marthopper@...
Jan 13, 2001 7:05 pm
In a message dated 1/12/2001 1:31:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... According to Braynard & Miller's History of the Cunard Line (pages 33 & 34) the Berengaria...
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Jbarton534@...
Jan 15, 2001 12:42 am
Hello, Does anybody know the status of what was/is left of QMF? what happened to the 501(3)(c) ? What Happened to the foundations archives? Thanks Jb...
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Clynder@...
Jan 15, 2001 5:49 pm
... The O'Brian is powered by a "Triple expansion steam engine," the LST is diesel powered. Tom. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Clynder@...
Jan 15, 2001 5:50 pm
Bill wrote, ... I have never heard this reason given before Bill. The accommodation, particularly for the Firemen was positively medieval. As many as eighteen ...
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Matt L.
fthays@...
Jan 15, 2001 7:59 pm
Does anyone have closeup pictures of the lifeboats or even of the lifeboat demonstration on the tour? (Do they even still lower that lifeboat partially during...
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Jbarton534@...
Jan 15, 2001 9:41 pm
Matt, Let me check my photos, I may a close up a life boat. from the ones i looked at, they really look shabby. Thanks JB...
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Jan 15, 2001 11:21 pm
What's the opinion of the readers here? Should the rotted lifeboats all be carefully restored down to their ropes and radio equipment - or should one or two...
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Jbarton534@...
Jan 15, 2001 11:45 pm
Bill, I think the original lifeboats need to restored completely. JB [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Julian Hill
sterling@...
Jan 16, 2001 1:23 am
I would firstly like to know how original the lifeboats are. Someone once told me the lifeboats were changed for others before the ship was sold. I have always...
