Hi Tom! I just remember you mentioning how passengers and crew dealt with rough seas on the Queen Mary. It must have been HELL before stablizers. The main...
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Sara O'Brien
producer_girl@...
Apr 19, 2001 10:51 pm
The Queen Mary operators are having a 65th anniversary event. Is anybody planning on attending who might care to report on it for those of us who can't go? ...
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USNuclearMissile@...
Apr 21, 2001 2:53 am
Hi. My name is Jerek Landin. I am a big Queen Mary fan. I have over 3000 pictures of the great liner, inside and out and know her complete history. Indeed I...
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AEV66@...
Apr 21, 2001 8:18 am
Dear List: I am a lurker. The Queen Mary is dear to my heart and am constantly keeping in touch with all news but other than that, I don't care to spend hours...
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sterling@...
Apr 21, 2001 10:18 am
Jerek, Good to have you on the list. What kind of condition would you say the ship was in on that last trip? Was she looking well maintained? What class of...
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sterling@...
Apr 21, 2001 10:55 am
... This is indeed a shame. Antony, do you have any idea who actually owns it? Maybe it is not Cunard's. Perhaps it is on loan to them. Julian...
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USNuclearMissile@...
Apr 21, 2001 1:15 pm
Julian, best. Well as for condition, she was in good condition. Jerek Landin queenmary List Member Miami [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Clynder@...
Apr 22, 2001 12:21 pm
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Apr 22, 2001 2:05 pm
... '67. ... old...
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USNuclearMissile@...
Apr 22, 2001 2:50 pm
Well I was born in 61, I was 6. Yes for the entire trip. Jerek [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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pwesty
pwesty@...
Apr 22, 2001 3:31 pm
Hi USNuclearMissile You said that you had over 3000+ picture the Queen Mary inside and out, are you going post them anywere? Thanks ... From:...
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USNuclearMissile@...
Apr 22, 2001 3:39 pm
Hehe I knew I would get that question. Sadly, I have no scanner. This June Im going up to visit my cousin in Orlando. On my way back Im buying a laptop and a...
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fthays@...
Apr 24, 2001 2:26 am
First off, Welcome aboard. You say that you do not "care to spend hours of time discussing whether the lifeboats should be restored or whether they should be ...
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Clynder@...
Apr 24, 2001 1:20 pm
Matt wrote, You say that you do not "care to spend hours of time discussing whether the lifeboats should be restored or whether they should be replaced by...
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Sara O'Brien
producer_girl@...
Apr 24, 2001 1:59 pm
Believe it or not, the medallion-type likeness is still in its original location. At least it was when I visited there last, in 9/99. ... From: Clynder@......
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hw401@...
Apr 24, 2001 2:46 pm
Hello, Tom: "...did that medallion type likeness of Queen Mary that hung above her Standard remain on the Main Staircase?" From what I've heard, the medallion...
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Clynder@...
Apr 24, 2001 8:26 pm
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Apr 25, 2001 3:59 am
The case is glass case is still in place on the QM. Anthony Vargas, you can correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the standard is displayed in another...
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Apr 25, 2001 4:46 am
A second plaster cast of the medallion is used as a backdrop artifact at the hotel registration deck - which is the former first class purser's counter on A...
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AEV66@...
Apr 25, 2001 7:25 am
Dear list and Bill: Currently, the standards are stored behind a pane of lucite. Under normal conditions they should be safe there however, it seems they have...
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Apr 25, 2001 4:26 pm
Anthony and the List, When the QM2 is completed in 2003 I suspect that Cunard will move the personal standard that the late Queen Mary donated to the first QM...
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Clynder@...
Apr 25, 2001 7:20 pm
Bill wrote, ... ......or heaven forbid, the Standard would end up in the hands of the colonists.:-) Tom. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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marthopper@...
Apr 27, 2001 4:50 pm
Time for a reply -- seeing I haven't posted in months - The lifeboats, like the medallion, are an essential part of the ship's architecture. Although we look...
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fthays@...
May 2, 2001 12:32 am
As most of the mailing list knows, the Queen Mary lost the coveted Blue Riband to her rival, the SS United States, in 1952. Westbound, the SS United States...
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fthays@...
May 2, 2001 1:35 am
Julian, On the old Queen Mary Foundation website, a digitized copy of the sale contract between the city of Long Beach and Cunard was posted. Would it be...
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sterling@...
May 2, 2001 7:53 am
Matt, I have uploaded it as a Word document. Julian...
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J. B. Lee
jbradylee@...
May 3, 2001 12:57 am
As I seem to remember from the books in my "Liner Collection" (packed away for a move,) The Queen Mary would have had to eek far more than 4 knots to beat out...
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sterling@...
May 3, 2001 7:15 am
I don't think the SS United States' top speed was ever really disclosed. I have always thought it was well in excess of what the QM was capable of though. ...
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Sara O'Brien
producer_girl@...
May 3, 2001 2:05 pm
Even if she could eke out the required four knots, I suspect Cunard would not have attempted to do so, what with their "official" position to eschew speed for...
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USNuclearMissile@...
May 3, 2001 11:31 pm
Matt, the Queen Mary's top speed was an exact 32 knots. Yes, but now with the new Queen Mary 2 arriving soon..wow.. Jerek Landin queenmary List Member Miami,...
