The Queen Elizabeth was the largest ship in the world. She had a promenade deck 724ft long. Her forward funnel was 71ft high. Each propeller weighed 32 tons, and her anchors were 16 tons.
She was originally employed on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York run, calling at Plymouth eastbound, with some cruising. In March, 1955, she was fitted with twin stabilisers.
During the late sixties she was operating at a loss and Cunard exchanged contracts with the City of Lauderdale on April 5th, 1968. Berth 107 saw the Elizabeth leave Southampton for her last voyage on November 29th, 1968, bound for her new home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. After her arrival she was converted to a hotel and night club, as was the Queen Mary.
The Queen Elizabeth covered over 3,470,000 miles and carried more then 2,300,000 passengers during her 907 Atlantic crossings. She also saw considerable war service, having secretly crossed to New York from the Clyde on March 2nd, 1940. Fitted out for transport duties, she had accommodation for almost 16,000 armed men. She was de-commissioned on March 6th 1946, after varying 811,324 service men and steaming 492,635 miles. Not proving a success after her sale to the USA, she was sold to Mr C. Y. Tung in 1970 and employed as a floating university. Sadly, on January 9th 1972, fire broke out while she was being renovated in Hong Kong. She was soon engulfed in flames and capsized at noon the following day, where she remains to this day.
Limited to 850 copies, signed and numbered by the artist and countersigned by Captain Geoffrey Marr.
Price - £20 + carriage.
One of a set of six Cunard Liners prints. Full set only £75 + carriage.
Overall size : 17" x 13.5"
Facts and Figures of Queen Elizabeth
Builder : John Brown and CO. Ltd., Clydebank, Glasgow.
Gross tonnage : 82,998 tons
Overall length : 1,031 ft
Breadth : 119 ft
Depth : 74 ft
Engines : 16 steam turbines, single reduction geared
Propellers : Quadruple
Watertight bulkheads : 15
Normal speed : 29 knots
Officers and crew : 1,296
Maiden Voyage : Southampton-New York on October 16th, 1946