Queen Mary
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Builder | John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Laid Down | 1 Dec 1930 |
| Launched | 26 Sep 1934 |
| Decommissioned | 9 Dec 1967 |
| Displacement | 81,961 tons standard |
| Length | 1019 feet |
| Beam | 118 feet |
| Draft | 39 feet |
| Machinery | 24 Yarrow boilers, 4 Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 shafts |
| Power Output | 160,000 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 28 knots |
| Crew | 1,101 |
ww2dbaseFor more information on RMS Queen Elizabeth, please see The Magnificent Queens by Alan Chanter.
Last Major Revision: Jan 2014
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Queen Mary Operational Timeline
| 3 Apr 1929 | RMS Queen Mary was ordered. |
| 1 Dec 1930 | The keel of RMS Queen Mary was laid down by the John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, United Kingdom. |
| 26 Sep 1934 | RMS Queen Mary was launched at Clydebank, Scotland, United Kingdom. The Queen Mary would play a vital role in the war; transporting hundreds of thousands of Allied troops across the world's oceans. |
| 27 May 1936 | The transatlantic ocean liner RMS Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, departing from Southampton, England, United Kingdom. Converted into a troopship in World War II she would carry thousands of American troops across to Europe. |
| 24 Aug 1936 | The Cunard White Star liner RMS Queen Mary, arrived in New York, United States having made the Atlantic crossing in 4 days 27 minutes and taking the Blue Riband from the French liner Normandie. |
| 20 Mar 1940 | RMS Queen Mary departed New York, New York, United States. |
| 17 Apr 1940 | RMS Queen Mary arrived at Sydney, Australia. |
| 26 Jun 1940 | RMS Queen Mary, with 5,000 British troops aboard, set sail for the Middle East. |
| 1 Jul 1940 | HMS Cumberland joined Ocean Escort for military Convoy WS1 during passage to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) (Note: WS1 comprised RMS Aquitania, RMS Mauretania and RMS Queen Mary taking troops to join 8th Army in EGYPT). |
| 28 Mar 1942 | RMS Queen Mary arrived at Sydney, Australia and disembarked 8,400 troops. |
| 2 Oct 1942 | The troopship Queen Mary collided with (and sank) one of her escorts, the light cruiser HMS Curacoa, off the Irish coast with the loss of 239 lives. |
| 9 Dec 1967 | RMS Queen Mary was retired from service. |
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C. Peter Chen says:
17 Jan 2014 11:38:38 AM
Jerry, I have indeed made a typographical error, thank you! This has been corrected.
C. Peter Chen says:17 Jan 2014 11:38:38 AM
Jerry, I have indeed made a typographical error, thank you! This has been corrected.
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17 Jan 2014 05:16:08 AM
Am I reading this right?
82,000 tons, 28 knots with only 16,000 shp??
There must be a zero missing on the horseposer.