my gran watched the queen Mary come down river at Port Glasgow during the war when she was used as a troop ship, painted all in grey, my gran says "she was awesome, came out of nowhere and dissappered into the mist" how amazing!! get her back home what i say and the QE2 aswell!
i think 1935, she was in service in 36 and launched in 34 so its possible she left the clyde where she was built in late 35, somwhere in that time frame ;)
Well done. This video is fantastic. This arrangement of Rule Britannia fits perfectly. What a beautiful and majestic ship. What a treat it must have been to be there watching this unfold. I was moved while viewing this clip. Thank you.
Oh it's nothing, everyone was bashing on my comment a while ago for saying the Queen Mary was similar to Titanic, but now I know they are nothing alike at all.
00:35-00:40 show QM aground with stern on one bank and bow on the other. The tide was ebbing. If not got off within a few minutes her back would have been broken! Some blood sweated in those minutes no doubt.
Yeah, but she was built in Scotland. Still, I don't quite understand how she ended up in Longbeach - she'd never even been there before they bought her.
What a great video...I'm not even British(or Scottish) and my chest puffed while watching lol..recently had the pleasure of strolling her Promenade, taking in her Grand Salon, tipping a few in her magnificent Foward Observation Lounge and standing on her Bridge amongst all the gleaming brass..God Save the Queen!
I can remember watching the launch from a field across the river from John Brown's - I must have been about six years old. I also had a "99" ice cream for the first time!
I've never heard that. Wikipedia said the drag chains stopped it, but for a moment it looked like they might not because its speed down the ramp and into the water was pretty fast, apparently
John Brown's is still there, but they don't build ships there anymore. My Grandfather was a naval architect at John Brown's, and worked on Hull 534, as she was known before her christening.
This is without a doubt the most beautiful oceanliner ever built. If you ever see her in person you will be in awe.
These ships were the height of human technology in their day, and Scotland built a great many of them. Clyde shipping is almost all gone now, sadly.
Why would somebody lie about something like that? Its too obscure. Besides, at least a couple thousand people worked on the QM between when it was laid down and when its fitting out was finished. Its not all that unbelievable.
I have been on the QM in Long Beach. She is not that attractive a ship. The French Normandie was far superior in every aspect, especially in looks. Technically Normandie was way ahead. QM was old technology when designed.
@NearAbbeyRoad Indeed! The million dollar convoy; of seven liners, of which the empress of britain (built again in john brown's yard) captained by a distant relative of mine cpt Sapsworth, was sunk off ireland. But the queens became legendary particulary with the americans
The RMS Queen Mary is nothing like the Titanic. It was 32 after, it was a 3rd longer and higher, twice the weight, and it was fitted in art deco, unlike the titanic which was in a periord before art deco existed. If you want to compare the titanic to other ships, its similar to the Brittanic, the Mauretania, the Olympic & The Aquitannia. There have been hundreds of ships between the titanic greater and bigger, the titanic is considered small by standards of ships as of the year 1913.
The Queen Mary was never the largest or longest ship in the world. Her hull weighed 40,000 tons at the time of her launch in 1934. When completed in 1936, she would weigh 81,237 tons. The French Line took the then 79,000 ton Normandie out of service for a refit in the fall and winter of 1935-1936 which increased her tonnage to little over 83,000 tons BEFORE the Queen Mary was completed.
Yeah, they put a large dining room in place of the tennis game deck toward the rear of the ship, to give it extra weight. Just to be able to say it weighed more. lol Unfortunately the roof of the new dining room was an observation deck parallel with the balconies of some of the most expensive cabins on the ship, ones with had large windows. lol
No, the ship was leaving the John Brown shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland for Southampton, England after she has just been completed, and formally handed over to the Cunard White Star Line.
Schools were closed, shops were shut, and an estimated 1,000,000 people lined the banks of the Clyde River to watch the pride of Great Britain sail past.
Queen Mary was finally handed over to Cunard on 12 May, 1936 after sea trials.
There's a picture out on the net taken from the fields on the other side of the river, with a bunch of people watching the QM slide down the ramp. Its pretty amazing
Thrilling to see the birth of RMS Queen Mary
149chippy 2 weeks ago
chairman of cunard said "you are not going to launch the biggest ship in the world into that trout stream."
They like a challenge on clydeside!!! was the answer
mzbikes 1 month ago
That river is like a stream. How did they build such a large ship in such a narrow river? Madness!
NearAbbeyRoad 5 months ago
Excellent video. This is her real home. This is where she should be. The Clyde, not California.
MrLochanOra 7 months ago
my gran watched the queen Mary come down river at Port Glasgow during the war when she was used as a troop ship, painted all in grey, my gran says "she was awesome, came out of nowhere and dissappered into the mist" how amazing!! get her back home what i say and the QE2 aswell!
21chrisjones 1 year ago
Queen Mary. Like all Ocean Liners, Queen Mary means more to me than the all the world put together.
SuperTitanicfreak 1 year ago
Her life begins.... such a grand and beautiful Lady. I frequent her all the time.
skot66 1 year ago
where did u get that horn sound from?
coolbeans1216 1 year ago
March,1936. Queen Mary enter service on May 27,1936
SuperTitanicfreak 1 year ago
when was this?
Patsbug66 2 years ago
i think 1935, she was in service in 36 and launched in 34 so its possible she left the clyde where she was built in late 35, somwhere in that time frame ;)
outlaw2571 2 years ago
cool thanks
Patsbug66 2 years ago
I 'live there' for 2 weeks every year (i.e. on holiday). Fantastic ship. Never seen any ghosts yet!
shiftwork 2 years ago
is this where it was ready to first said
prckay 2 years ago
what the name of thus song
do you remember
prckay 2 years ago
Well done. This video is fantastic. This arrangement of Rule Britannia fits perfectly. What a beautiful and majestic ship. What a treat it must have been to be there watching this unfold. I was moved while viewing this clip. Thank you.
jimsrs 3 years ago 3
Rule Britannia!
CunardProductions94 3 years ago
Awesome ship, awesome vid.
cunardia123 3 years ago
an cojido la música indicada para el video..god save the queen!!
alfon15mad 3 years ago
Great video! I espesially love the song. Dose anyone know it's name?
SHIP31 3 years ago 2
Rule Britannia
samm0905 3 years ago 2
@SHIP31 The name of the song is Called Rule Britannia it a British Patriotic Song
prckay 2 years ago
YAY
duchessmary 3 years ago 2
great video of my favourite liner, toured her in 1974. I hope she is preserved forever, she is a reminder of a grander time.
frankenzie 3 years ago 3
heeeeey, i got a bunch of minuses, not cool... fine, it's not similar, gosh!
LOLyousernameLOL 3 years ago
Sorry, but what are you talking about?
ZacWhit 3 years ago
Oh it's nothing, everyone was bashing on my comment a while ago for saying the Queen Mary was similar to Titanic, but now I know they are nothing alike at all.
LOLyousernameLOL 3 years ago
00:35-00:40 show QM aground with stern on one bank and bow on the other. The tide was ebbing. If not got off within a few minutes her back would have been broken! Some blood sweated in those minutes no doubt.
Gbrltr 3 years ago
Bring the Queen Mary home to Clydebank!
grahamm69 3 years ago 2
hey do u no what her homeport was is it southampton and plz reply back
alkamos 3 years ago
Yeah, but she was built in Scotland. Still, I don't quite understand how she ended up in Longbeach - she'd never even been there before they bought her.
BamBogleBlaster 3 years ago
What a great video...I'm not even British(or Scottish) and my chest puffed while watching lol..recently had the pleasure of strolling her Promenade, taking in her Grand Salon, tipping a few in her magnificent Foward Observation Lounge and standing on her Bridge amongst all the gleaming brass..God Save the Queen!
gbalct 4 years ago 3
I can remember watching the launch from a field across the river from John Brown's - I must have been about six years old. I also had a "99" ice cream for the first time!
SFirth69 4 years ago
Oh wow!
ZacWhit 4 years ago
Think this shows the point where the Queen Mary ran aground very briefly in the Clyde (without damage but making the Lloyds register for the day).
porkerjones 4 years ago
she ran aground?
titanic7grl 4 years ago
I've never heard that. Wikipedia said the drag chains stopped it, but for a moment it looked like they might not because its speed down the ramp and into the water was pretty fast, apparently
ragemanchoo82 4 years ago
I love the shot at the end. Very Patriotic.
BCraven04 4 years ago
John Brown's is still there, but they don't build ships there anymore. My Grandfather was a naval architect at John Brown's, and worked on Hull 534, as she was known before her christening.
This is without a doubt the most beautiful oceanliner ever built. If you ever see her in person you will be in awe.
These ships were the height of human technology in their day, and Scotland built a great many of them. Clyde shipping is almost all gone now, sadly.
Ecosse821 4 years ago
Who would believe you your grandfather was a naval architect for Hull 534?
CunardProductions94 4 years ago
What's that supposed to mean? His name was Norman Gemmell, look it up if you don't believe it!
Ecosse821 4 years ago
SO?
You can fake it!
CunardProductions94 4 years ago
Why would somebody lie about something like that? Its too obscure. Besides, at least a couple thousand people worked on the QM between when it was laid down and when its fitting out was finished. Its not all that unbelievable.
ragemanchoo82 4 years ago
@Ecosse821
I have been on the QM in Long Beach. She is not that attractive a ship. The French Normandie was far superior in every aspect, especially in looks. Technically Normandie was way ahead. QM was old technology when designed.
NearAbbeyRoad 5 months ago
@NearAbbeyRoad
Ah but the queen mary ran the uboat gauntlet
It's not just her looks that makes her famous . There's her CV
Ask any GI
mzbikes 3 weeks ago
@mzbikes
All top liners of all nations could outrun U-Boats.
NearAbbeyRoad 3 weeks ago
@NearAbbeyRoad Indeed! The million dollar convoy; of seven liners, of which the empress of britain (built again in john brown's yard) captained by a distant relative of mine cpt Sapsworth, was sunk off ireland. But the queens became legendary particulary with the americans
mzbikes 3 weeks ago
she is quite different from the titanic
she has 3 funnels
she dosent have a counter stern
she is 40.000 tonnes bigger than the titanic
tomjune1983 4 years ago
very good
titanic7grl 4 years ago
The ship yard is still there, too, and still in use. At least, I think
ragemanchoo82 4 years ago
Just a point of info, this was on 24 March 1936. I grew up not far away from where the it was built in Scotland.
tribecatom 4 years ago
Queen Mary isn't similar to Titanic..only the black and red colors
UrRunescape 4 years ago
@UrRunescape
The Titanic was not black and red.
NearAbbeyRoad 5 months ago
Fitting out berth......
xxsimayixx 4 years ago
wow, so similar to titanic
LOLyousernameLOL 4 years ago
The RMS Queen Mary is nothing like the Titanic. It was 32 after, it was a 3rd longer and higher, twice the weight, and it was fitted in art deco, unlike the titanic which was in a periord before art deco existed. If you want to compare the titanic to other ships, its similar to the Brittanic, the Mauretania, the Olympic & The Aquitannia. There have been hundreds of ships between the titanic greater and bigger, the titanic is considered small by standards of ships as of the year 1913.
sydneysmooth21 4 years ago
really?
just months after the sinking the Germans launched a ship 909 ft. in length so Titanic would have been the largest for a long time
titanic7grl 4 years ago
Whoops.RMS Queen Mary nearly hit the shore at the opposite bank of River Cylde.Lucky she was tied down by chains.
xxsimayixx 4 years ago
hmmm you can see it ran aground right as it was leaving
csamelak 5 years ago
The Queen Mary was never the largest or longest ship in the world. Her hull weighed 40,000 tons at the time of her launch in 1934. When completed in 1936, she would weigh 81,237 tons. The French Line took the then 79,000 ton Normandie out of service for a refit in the fall and winter of 1935-1936 which increased her tonnage to little over 83,000 tons BEFORE the Queen Mary was completed.
cunardwhitestar34 5 years ago
French People are a bit sore losers.
xxsimayixx 4 years ago
Yeah, they put a large dining room in place of the tennis game deck toward the rear of the ship, to give it extra weight. Just to be able to say it weighed more. lol Unfortunately the roof of the new dining room was an observation deck parallel with the balconies of some of the most expensive cabins on the ship, ones with had large windows. lol
ragemanchoo82 4 years ago
Aye, the Normandie was launched in 1932 and completed her maiden voyage in 1935...a year before the Queen Mary's.
ZacWhit 5 years ago
No, the ship was leaving the John Brown shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland for Southampton, England after she has just been completed, and formally handed over to the Cunard White Star Line.
cunardwhitestar34 5 years ago
24 March, 1936.
Schools were closed, shops were shut, and an estimated 1,000,000 people lined the banks of the Clyde River to watch the pride of Great Britain sail past.
Queen Mary was finally handed over to Cunard on 12 May, 1936 after sea trials.
kj0928 5 years ago
There's a picture out on the net taken from the fields on the other side of the river, with a bunch of people watching the QM slide down the ramp. Its pretty amazing
ragemanchoo82 4 years ago