Planes, Trains & Automobiles (and Ships!)
Ship – RMS Queen Elizabeth
Ship Details
Name: RMS Queen Elizabeth
Owner: Cunard Steamship Company
Further information at: en.wikipedia.org
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Notes & Comments
Info collected by Bruce Maliphant [##48059]
JOURNEYS
| Surname | First Name | Ref ID | From | ↓ Select ↓ | To | Departure | Arrival | Transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALIPHANT | Richard Glyn | 47029 | U.S.A. |   | U.K. | 14th November 1951 | 19th November 1951 | RMS Queen Elizabeth |
| MALIPHANT | Dilys Manon | 47529 | U.S.A. | | U.K. | 14th November 1951 | 19th November 1951 | RMS Queen Elizabeth |
SPECIFICATIONS
Built by John Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank, Glasgow.
Tonnage: 83,673.
Dimensions: 1,031 feet overall and beam of 118 feet.
Quadruple-screw, 31 knots.
Two masts and two funnels.
Note: The largest ship built.
Launched on September 27, 1938.
Used extensively during World War II as a troopship.
On October 21, 1946, she completed her first peacetime voyage and made the Atlantic crossing in four days, 16 hours, 18 minutes.