Ocean liner The RMS Queen Elizabeth (the first to bear the name Elizabeth) moored in harbour in 1967. The stern of the ship shows its base as ‘Liverpool’ – at other times this was replaced by the port of ‘Southampton’. The ship was operated by Cunard Line. Along with Queen Mary, she provided weekly luxury liner service between Southampton, UK and New York, USA. She was launched on in 1938 by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland and named in honour of Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother). It was the largest passenger liner ever built at that time.
Ocean liner The RMS Queen Elizabeth (the first to bear the name Elizabeth) moored in harbour and undergoing minor maintenance works in 1967. The stern of the ship shows its base as ‘Liverpool’ – at other times this was replaced by the port of ‘Southampton’. The ship was operated by Cunard Line. Along with Queen Mary, she provided weekly luxury liner service between Southampton, UK and New York, USA via Cherbourg, France. She was launched on in 1938 by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland and named in honour of Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother). It was the largest passenger liner ever built at that time and for 56 years thereafter. She first entered service in 1940 as a troopship in World War II. It was not until 1946 that she began life as an ocean liner. Eventually Queen Elizabeth was sold to Hong Kong businessman Tung Chao Yung, who intended to convert her into a floating university cruise ship. In 1972, whilst she was undergoing refurbishment in Hong Kong harbour, a fire broke out aboard and the ship was capsized by the water used to fight the fire. The wreck was deemed an obstruction to shipping and in the mid-70s was partially scrapped on site. This image is from an old amateur Kodak colour transparency. It will look soft if used at too large a size – a vintage 1960s photograph.
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Location: UK
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