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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| QUEEN ELIZABETH |
166290 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1940 |
27/09/1938 |
02/1940 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger Liner
| Steel Steam Turbine |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
Clydebank |
552 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 83673 grt / 42239 nrt / 15856 dwt |
1031 ft |
118.6 ft |
68.4 ft |
39.0 ft |
| Engine builder |
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
| Engine detail |
| 4 sets of steam turbines, 160,000shp, 4 - Screws, 28.5 knots |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Cunard White Star Line Ltd., Liverpool |
Liverpool |
19/02/1940 |
| Other names |
| 1969 THE ELIZABETH - 1971 SEAWISE UNIVERSITY |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
01/1950 Cunard Steam-Ship Co. Ltd., Liverpool
03/1968 Cunard Line Ltd., London
10/1968 leased to The Elizabeth Corporation for use as a visitor attraction at Port Everglades, Florida (Cunard held 85% of shares)
07/1969 Cunard Steam-Ship Co. Ltd., London
07/1969 Rolepont Ltd., London - The Queen Ltd.
06/1970 The Queen Ltd. bankrupt
09/1970 sold at auction to Island Navigation Corporation Ltd. - C.Y.Tung, Hong Kong
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| Vessel history |
Passengers as built 822 1st., 668 cabin and 798 tourist class.
02/1941 converted to a troopship at Singapore.
03/1946 post-war refit.
16/10/1946 maiden commercial voyage, Southampton to New York |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1972 |
Burned 09/01/1972 |
| Disposal Detail |
Burned out, capsized and sank at Hong Kong while under refit.
Broken up in situ 1974-1979. |
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Building
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Building
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Launch
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Off to war
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Post-War glory
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Clyde refit 1966. Mike Campbell
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Tragedy
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