R.M.S.  Q U E E N  M A R Y  1934

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Welcome to our RMS Queen Mary website, which is part of our Cunard Queens website.  The famous Queen Mary is a national icon and a symbol of man's ability to rise above adversity and achieve a level of creativity that inspires generations to come.

The Queen Mary has had a most illustrious career through war and peace. In the 1930s she had a celebrated rivalry with the great S/S Normandie in a legendary race between the two ships to capture the coveted Blue Riband. She served Britain and the Allies during the Second World War as a troopship with her new sister ship, the RMS Queen Elizabeth.

In the postwar period she operated Cunard Line’s coveted two-ship Atlantic Ferry service from Southampton to New York with the Queen Elizabeth. Eventually in the late 1960s she was honourably retired from service and sailed off to a well earned retirement in the Californian sun where she remains today as a heritage attraction, hotel and conference centre in Long Beach, California, USA.

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"I am happy to name this ship the Queen Mary, I wish good luck to her and all who sail in her."

Words of Her Majesty Queen Mary at the Launch Ceremony, 26th September 1934.

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Her Regular Service Route: Great Britain to the United States of America (USA)

Southampton to New York (via Cherbourg) transatlantic service

"THE TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING"

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