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,...
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USNuclearMissile@...
May 4, 2001 1:30 am
Whats the QM foundation site link? Forgot... Jerek Landin queenmary List Member Miami, FL...
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Byrnesp@...
May 4, 2001 1:49 pm
Because technology changed so much in the two decades after QM's design -- welding vs. riveting, extensive use of aluminum/ aluminium, higher-pressure boilers,...
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Keith McCoy
keithmccoy@...
May 4, 2001 3:50 pm
Hi, I recently found a steward/waiter's jacket from QM and hope someone on the list can refer me to a book with a photo. It is white with burgundy collar and...
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Clynder@...
May 5, 2001 12:37 pm
Julian wrote ... Would you consider expanding your site to include the miscellaneous items of interest as before? Tom. [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Clynder@...
May 5, 2001 1:10 pm
... Keith, can't say I that looked real close at a stewards shoulders.:-) Seriously though I can tell you how the officer's epaulettes were attached. The end...
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USNuclearMissile@...
May 6, 2001 1:12 am
Can someone PLEASE give me the link to the Queen Mary Foundation page? I lost the link :-) Jerek Landin queenmary List Member Miami, FL [Non-text portions of...
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sterling@...
May 6, 2001 12:13 pm
... I think you mean the old site I used to run. The ship's management sued and it had to be taken off the internet. Julian...
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sterling@...
May 6, 2001 12:13 pm
... Tom, many of the items you mentioned are on the group website at Yahoo, or are linked to from there. The books are in the database section. I shall try to...
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Jbarton534@...
May 7, 2001 4:22 am
Matt, The answer is no, The United States was never really opened up. JB [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Keith McCoy
keithmccoy@...
May 7, 2001 4:55 am
Tom wrote: "...which passed through two holes in the uniform and tied underneath." Thank you! This uniform has two holes on each shoulder but wasn't quite ...
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fthays@...
May 8, 2001 7:25 pm
JB, I realize that the Queen Mary would never ultimately beat the United States, but my question was more along the lines of did the Queen Mary have the power...
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fthays@...
May 8, 2001 7:33 pm
Would it be fair to say that the Queen Mary was the largest ship (tonnage wise) to have held the Blue Ribband? -Matt...
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sterling@...
May 9, 2001 6:42 am
As Normandie was slightly smaller tonnage-wise, and I don't think the QE1 ever held the record, (did she?), I think the QM must have been the largest ship to...
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Clynder@...
May 9, 2001 1:35 pm
... I don't think so Julian. The NORMANDIE was slightly Larger tonnage-wise than the MARY and slightly smaller than the LIZZIE. This gave Cunard the fastest...
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sterling@...
May 9, 2001 2:23 pm
... Kludas' "Great Passenger Ships of the World" gives Normandie as originally just 79,280 GRT, (QM was 80,774 GRT - later 81,237 of course after...
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Jbarton534@...
May 10, 2001 3:39 am
Matt, I agree with 100% that the Hales trophy belongs back in the United States. I doubt the QM could best big U in regard to speed. Even with the QM's...
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fthays@...
May 10, 2001 6:24 pm
I see on the news in the last couple of days that the builder of the SS United States, Newport News Shipbuilding, is in negotiations to be purchased by either...
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Sara O'Brien
producer_girl@...
May 10, 2001 7:27 pm
Did either say what they intended to do with the ship? ... From: fthays@... To: queenmary@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 11:24 AM ...
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fthays@...
May 11, 2001 1:24 am
Sara, Newport News Shipbuilding never owned the SS United States, they merely constructed her. Harland and Wolff built the Titanic, and John Brown was the...
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fthays@...
May 11, 2001 1:26 am
Ooops, I forgot to mention that the SS United States is currently owned by a New York developer by the named of Edward Cantor! ... the ... to be ... John ... ...
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Christopher Brindle
chrisbrindle@...
May 11, 2001 7:32 pm
Hello from merry England, Last I heard John Brown was building rigs and other steelconstructions, Harland & Wolff are in intensive care but are building RoRo...
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fthays@...
May 13, 2001 12:03 am
Chris, Forgive me for asking, but what are "RoRo" vessels? Also, welcome to the group! -Matt ... steelconstructions, ... for the ... oportunuity ... I stayed ...
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fthays@...
May 13, 2001 12:14 am
Chris, I forgot to ask in my last reply if you have any pictures from your trip when you stayed on the Queen Mary. Perhaps you could post them to a website or...
