the
Queen Mary was the grandest ocean liner in the world carrying Hollywood
celebrities like Bob Hope and Clark Gable, royalty like the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor, and dignitaries like Winston Churchill. - See more
at:
http://www.queenmary.com/our-story/Our-Story.php#sthash.8woVrhfX.dpuf
the
Queen Mary was the grandest ocean liner in the world carrying Hollywood
celebrities like Bob Hope and Clark Gable, royalty like the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor, and dignitaries like Winston Churchill. - See more
at:
http://www.queenmary.com/our-story/Our-Story.php#sthash.8woVrhfX.dpuf
"The increasing popularity of air travel helped signal the end of an era for the Queen Mary." -The Queen Mary Website
the
Queen Mary was the grandest ocean liner in the world carrying Hollywood
celebrities like Bob Hope and Clark Gable, royalty like the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor, and dignitaries like Winston Churchill. - See more
at:
http://www.queenmary.com/our-story/Our-Story.php#sthash.8woVrhfX.dpuf
During my Vacation to Los Angles California, my mother and I visited the retired Cunard cruise liner the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach California, which at the first glance looks exactly like the Titanic. The museum itself was interesting with it's own Princess Diana exhibit but I wanted to know more about the ship and the company rather then the paranormal activities. So I've decided to use this blog post to research more on the RMS Queen Mary. Let's find out!
The RMS Queen Mary is a retired ocean liner that primarily sailed in the North Atlantic from 1936 to 1967 for Cunard-White Star Line. (The White Star line ran into bankruptcy after both the Titanic and Britannic sank, with this Cunard saw it's opportunity and bought White Star, merging the cruise lines. I can image the upset over a rival business merging because your business was falling under.) Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, the RMS Queen Mary along with her sister, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, were built and became Cunard's main passenger liners that traveled from Southampton UK, to New York City.
In 1936 the year of her maiden voyage the RMS Queen Mary won the Blue Riband, something that the RMS Titanic attempted to do but failed. The Blue Riband is an honor award in which gives great pride to ship and cursing company for being/making the fastest ship of said year. Before the start of World War II, the RMS Queen Mary won the Blue Riband again in 1938.
In 1940 as the war raged on the RMS Queen Mary was sentenced to stay in New York City, where she waited for the RMS Queen Elizabeth and SS Normandie to arrive. After the arrive all three ship were converted into troopships, that transported Allied soldiers from Australia to the UK. During the war the Queen Mary was nicknamed "The Grey Ghost" due to her ability to out maneuver German U-boats and she had been painted all grey by the crew during her refit. Both Queens continued transporting soldiers until the wars end. However the SS Normandie caught fire in 1942 and capsized.
As the war ended, the Queen Mary was once again refitted as a passenger liner and was painted back into her current colors. Both the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth dominated the transatlantic passenger business once again until 1958 when the first transatlantic jet flight succeeded. This “first” introduced an entirely new era of competition for the dollars of transatlantic passengers. Ships couldn't compete with the shorted travel times.
Both the RMS Titanic and RMS Queen Mary resemble each other just by the paint job. Though the RMS Queen Mary is much larger and heavier and built with much stronger steel then the Titanic something still seems to familiar about them. Both ships were created by the White Star Line even though The RMS Queen Mary's design was primarily Cunard, White Star still had a say in it and asked to add in a few of there traditional touches. The plans weren't ever put through but to compensate Cunard flew both the White Star and Cunard flags during travel of every one of their ships, also Cunard used the term White Star Service to describe the level of customer care expected of the company and ships associated with them.
The RMS Queen Mary was criticized for being "to traditional for her time"; however, Cunard reminded rival companies that they wanted to build a ship that resembled the elegance and luxury to tribute the retired ships. During 1912 the RMS Titanic and her sister the RMS Olympic was said to be the most luxury ships of the 1910's. I believe that Cunard recognized this and created a mixture of each ship adding small touches to the ships appearance. How the RMS Queen Mary was painted is an example, the creator could paint her anyway and choose the black tipped orange funnels famously seen on the RMS Titanic.
I feel like the RMS Queen Mary is the RMS Titanic successor. When was younger I remember my mom telling me that the RMS Titanic and RMS Queen Mary were cousins. But the Titanic sank long before the Queen Mary was built. Both ship seem to resemble the end of an era. The RMS Titanic ended the Edwardian Era while the RMS Queen Mary finished up the primary transatlantic travel era. So what will end the Jet transatlantic travel? Will we get beamed to places like in Star Trek?
The Queen Mary is home to 49 deaths out of her 60 year ran and was once again nicknamed "The Haunted Ship"
Ghost haunters went in to see if the ship was really haunted but someone tampered with there equipment so they've decided to try and figure out again. So is the RMS Queen Mary really haunted or not?
I loved touring this ship for the day feeling as if I was transported back in time to a place of class but knowing that you pay to stay in a newly refurbished first class room gives me the creeps. Even by walking through the halls you can pick up a few odd feelings like you know something is watching you.
Work Citied:
"The Queen Mary Haunting." - Your Ghost Stories. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2013.
In 1936 the year of her maiden voyage the RMS Queen Mary won the Blue Riband, something that the RMS Titanic attempted to do but failed. The Blue Riband is an honor award in which gives great pride to ship and cursing company for being/making the fastest ship of said year. Before the start of World War II, the RMS Queen Mary won the Blue Riband again in 1938.
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| The trophy for the Blue Riband |
As the war ended, the Queen Mary was once again refitted as a passenger liner and was painted back into her current colors. Both the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth dominated the transatlantic passenger business once again until 1958 when the first transatlantic jet flight succeeded. This “first” introduced an entirely new era of competition for the dollars of transatlantic passengers. Ships couldn't compete with the shorted travel times.
Until 1965 both ships continued to carry passengers, but
numbers of first class passengers were dwindling. Finally, the Cunard line
decided to retire both and sell them for a profit. Two years passed while buyers
still fought over which ship they wanted. The city of Long Beach, California
outbid a Chinese company that intended to scrap the ship; after the sale, the RMS Queen Mary was docked in what is now
the Dark Harbor where it is a tourist attraction.
Queen
Elizabeth, on the other hand, was destroyed by a fire and sank in the
Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong during 1972 while she was being refit to become a
ship university. The Queens were succeeded by ships that bear the names: RMS Queen Mary 2 and the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2. Presently the Queen Mary 2 is the only transatlantic
ocean liner in service between Southampton and New York City.
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| The RMS Queen Mary permanently docked in the Dark Harbor |
Both the RMS Titanic and RMS Queen Mary resemble each other just by the paint job. Though the RMS Queen Mary is much larger and heavier and built with much stronger steel then the Titanic something still seems to familiar about them. Both ships were created by the White Star Line even though The RMS Queen Mary's design was primarily Cunard, White Star still had a say in it and asked to add in a few of there traditional touches. The plans weren't ever put through but to compensate Cunard flew both the White Star and Cunard flags during travel of every one of their ships, also Cunard used the term White Star Service to describe the level of customer care expected of the company and ships associated with them.
The RMS Queen Mary was criticized for being "to traditional for her time"; however, Cunard reminded rival companies that they wanted to build a ship that resembled the elegance and luxury to tribute the retired ships. During 1912 the RMS Titanic and her sister the RMS Olympic was said to be the most luxury ships of the 1910's. I believe that Cunard recognized this and created a mixture of each ship adding small touches to the ships appearance. How the RMS Queen Mary was painted is an example, the creator could paint her anyway and choose the black tipped orange funnels famously seen on the RMS Titanic.
I feel like the RMS Queen Mary is the RMS Titanic successor. When was younger I remember my mom telling me that the RMS Titanic and RMS Queen Mary were cousins. But the Titanic sank long before the Queen Mary was built. Both ship seem to resemble the end of an era. The RMS Titanic ended the Edwardian Era while the RMS Queen Mary finished up the primary transatlantic travel era. So what will end the Jet transatlantic travel? Will we get beamed to places like in Star Trek?
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| From left to right: RMS Titanic, RMS Queen Mary,a ship of the same design of the Queen Mary 2 |
The Queen Mary is home to 49 deaths out of her 60 year ran and was once again nicknamed "The Haunted Ship"
The Stories of 'The Haunted Ship'
" A small girl from third class thought she would have some fun and slide down the banister into the first class pool but a sudden wave upset her course and she broke her neck on the fall. She now wanders the pool area and nursery looking for her doll or mommy. She is not alone though. In the 30 and 60, two other women met their unfortunate deaths in the pool area and are seen periodically in the area." "The Queen Mary Haunting."A reported visitor that slipped a steward some cash in exchange for finding a 'willing' female passenger to keep him company for the night. After stowing his luggage, a female companion was found and they retired for the night. In the morning, the man was missing from the dining hall so the steward went to find him. What they found instead was the corpse of the female companion! They could not locate the male guest, his registration information for that room nor his luggage, which people swore was checked and stowed. He simply vanished and left only a trail of blood and rumors." -"The Queen Mary Haunting."John Henry who lied about his age to procure a position on the Queen Mary and was soon crushed to death while trying to flee a fire. To this day, knocks and bright lights can be heard around engine room 13 where the young man met his untimely death. Ịt's even been reported that the door to the engine room is sometimes hot to the touch or that mixed in with a ball of light is tendrils of smoke." -"The Queen Mary Haunting."John Pedder, a fireman in his late teens who was crushed to death by a watertight door in 1966 during a routine drill. Unexplained knocking has been heard around the door, and a tour guide reported she saw a figure dressed in dark clothing as she was leaving the area where the young man had been killed. She saw his face and recognized him from his photographs. He was dressed in blue coveralls and sporting a beard." -"The Queen Mary Haunting."There are several other reports of sightings about the ship including a beautiful young woman in an elegant white evening gown who dances alone in a shadowy corner of the salon, which was once used as the ship’s first-class lounge. Another mysterious woman in white has been seen close to the front desk. She will usually disappear behind a pillar." -"The Queen Mary Haunting.
Ghost haunters went in to see if the ship was really haunted but someone tampered with there equipment so they've decided to try and figure out again. So is the RMS Queen Mary really haunted or not?
I loved touring this ship for the day feeling as if I was transported back in time to a place of class but knowing that you pay to stay in a newly refurbished first class room gives me the creeps. Even by walking through the halls you can pick up a few odd feelings like you know something is watching you.
Work Citied:
"The Queen Mary Haunting." - Your Ghost Stories. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2013.
"NOT JUST UNIQUE... ONE OF A KIND." The Queen
Mary. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2013.
"RMS Queen
Mary." RMS Queen Mary. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2013.
"RMS Queen
Mary." RMS Queen Mary. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2013.
"RMS Queen
Mary." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Nov. 2013. Web. 25 Nov. 2013.
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