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Aboard RMS Queen Mary - 18 February 2002
My Photographs

The Queen Mary remains one of the most famous ships in history. She departed Southampton on May 27, 1936 at 4:33 p.m. on her maiden voyage, to Cherbourg, France and onto New York arriving at Pier 90 in 5 days, 5 hours and 13 minutes (Bishop Rock to Ambrose Light Vessel). She crossed the Atlantic Ocean back and forth for most of her sailing days, in Peacetime and War (as a troop carrier), holding the Blue Riband for the fastest North Atlantic crossings for a number of years. Voyage no. 516 was her last. No longer economically viable, she had been sold to the City of Long Beach, California. She departed Southampton on October 31, 1967 arriving in Long Beach on December 9, 1967. View a full Historic Timeline.

A virtual tour, facts, figures, deck plans, and a wealth of other information are available on Queen Mary's official website. A couple of other websites with some more recent photographs and information of the renovations [and damage in some areas] done to her since arriving in Long Beach are Dave Lee's and Cunarder1's. An excellent website covering all Cunard's liners, past and present is Chris' Cunard Page.

There are some great photos from Nov 2001 on a California resident's pages, especially of the engine room. For lots of history and photographs of her construction and early years, please visit the RMS Queen Mary Virtual Tour.

My Photographs of our Night Aboard

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