“Queen Mary” – the British transatlantic liner

RMS “Queen Mary” is a historic, decommissioned British transatlantic liner, that operated mainly in the North Atlantic from 1936 to 1967 for the “Cunard Line”. It is currently a hotel, museum, and conference hall in Long Beach, California, USA. It is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places and is a member of the Historic Hotels of America, an official program of the National Historic Landmark Foundation. The ship was built by “John Brown & Company” at Clydebank, Scotland, and was followed by another ship of the type, the RMS “Queen Elizabeth”, for “Cunard's” two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York. These “Queens”-class ships were the British response to the fast superliners, built by German, Italian and French companies in the late 1930s and early 1940s. “Queen Mary” sailed on her maiden voyage on 27 May 1936 and won the “Blue Ribbon of the Atlantic” in August of the same year. Lost the title to SS “Normandie” in 1937, but regained it in 1938 and held it until 1952, when was supplanted by the newly built SS “United States”. At the outbreak of World War II, the liner was converted into a troopship and transported Allied troops during the conflict. On one voyage in 1943, he carried over 16,600 people, which still holds the record for the largest number of people ever carried on a single ship. After the war, “Queen Mary”” returned to passenger service and, together with “Queen Elizabeth”, continued the twin-ship transatlantic passenger service, for which the two ships were originally built. They dominated the transatlantic passenger service until the dawn of the jet age in the late 1950s. By the mid-1960s, “Queen Mary” was old and unprofitable. After several years of declining profits, “Cunard” officially retired “Queen Mary” from service in 1967. The city of Long Beach bought the ship, which houses a restaurant, museum and hotel, and it last sailed from Southampton on October 31, 1967 and arrived in the port of Long Beach, where it was permanently moored. After extensive repairs and modifications, the “Queen Mary” was opened to the public in 1971 and has been in operation ever since.

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