should not of ripped out the engine room, like come on, that was shortsighted. reminds me of the desecration of the great lakes freighter SS Reserve and others.
if the RMS Queen Elizabeth was moored beside the Hotel Queen Mary, it is awesome and beautiful to see the 2 1930's star sit side by side but in 1968, an hong kong businessman bought the RMS Queen Elizabeth.
(continued from previous post) bottom tour of every single one of its myriad levels of rooms before the Long Beach Shipyards crews got their hands and equipment in her and on her.
My parents and I drove up to Long Beach the day after the Queen Mary docked. We sat in our car for a good while and looked at the now empty and deserted ship, knowing full well what was in store for her. I commented to my father, "just think...as she is at this moment, she could be refueled, the crew and a new raft of passengers could board her, and off she could go on a new voyage!" I also told him I'd give anything to be able to go aboard her right then and there, and given a top-to-botto
the box attached to her hull looks hideous, it's a shame they added it...well, at least she is still with us...it's also a shame they removed her boilers
how come the uk didnt keep QUEEN MARY and restore it r get her back coz every 1 in uk is so passionet about her? just woundering what happened there? r why did she go to america?
@TheFlemingsgarage it all goes back to the construction when the government gave Cunard a loan on the condition they teamed up with white star line and in the end the debt was so great the best deal was taken long beach won and history was made and a piece of history was decimated.
Jet aircraft were taking over the Trans-atlantic passenger trade and Cunard was hit heavily in it's pocket books with the construction of the QE 2 and a nationwide seaman's strike, but more then anything the people of the UK didn't care about what happened to the Queen Mary. It was only by luck Long Beach was able to get her, most of the offers Cunard was interested in were scrapyards, and to be fair I would rather see her as she is now, a hotel-resteraunt-museum then scrap
It just kills me the number they did on such a historic ship. I'm glad that it wasn't scrapped and all, but, to think what a grand vessel she once was, and now they went and tore her apart. I think someone should have the heart to restore the ship to be at least somewhat close to its origional state
I've heard plans are underway for restoring Queen Mary to her former glory. I don't mind that they rip out Queen Mary's machines. They had to make Queen Mary as a hotel & musuem, you know. Queen Mary.
To Queen Mary & all Ocean Liners: You Ocean Liners are the ones. You get knock down. You get back up & stand above the crowd, we are one. We stand above the crowd.
I will not die, I will survive. I will not die, I'll wait for Queen Mary. I feel alive with her & other Ocean Liners beside me. I will not die, I'll wait for her, in my time of dying.
Nice job illustrating the great liner's retrofitting. Back when this happened, my grandfather had a tugboat business in Long Beach Harbor. His boats were some of the ones that helped oversee this operation. You can plainly see at least two of them at 5:19. It makes me feel proud to know that my family was directly involved in the preservation of one of the greatest Cunard ocean liners of all time. Thank you for the magnificent photos.
Whoa did they really scrapped off the paint, funnels, and some interiors from above? And then restored her? Well the only ship that had to be saved was the OLYMPIC.
I really think this is a cool video. A 5 1/2 minute video of Queen Mary conversion. Heh heh heh heh hehehehe HA! HA! HA! HA! QUEEN MARY is the ultimate Ocean Liner, Long live RMS QUEEN MARY!
Boilers & engines had to be remove for the safety of the Queen & her future passengers & guest. we don't want the Queen's own machinery blowing her up now do we?
She was'nt completely rebuilt. Her 1st class interiors are basically still intact. The engine spaces were removed for planned museum and conference space that was not installed. Remember, Long Beach bought her for use as a hotel, conference center and marine museum. They did'nt have much interest in her intact engine rooms. The alternative was she would have been scrapped long ago.
@lasuvidaboy I totally agree with this comment. There were also plans in 1935 to return her into an hotel in France, but when the sad news came that the ship had a tired structure she had to be scrapped. :C
The alternative ending for Olympic: Still standing in France to the present day, with her yellow-black funnels from a far distance in beauty colours.
Why couldn't they leave the ship the way she was built? I wanted to go to the Queen because I wanted to see the original things. They completely rebuilt her! Its sad.
During the rip out. Does anybody know if this was done at the drydock or where she is now. Theres a debate going on at another video. If the Queen could be safely moved to a drydock for some much needed repairs.
Nice to see the video of this lovely old liner. My late uncle was one of the Joiners who helped fit the exotic woods on her and her sister RMS Queen Elizabeth.Thanks for sharing it with everybody.
They removed the boiler rooms to make space for the massive "Museum of the sea." Ultimately the museum failed within 2 years and ironicly the most popular exhibit on the ship is the last remaning engine room!!!!
Once again, why did they spend all that time and money taking the boilers/engines out? What a waste. Wouldnt it have been cheaper to leave it alone? Just empty the Bunker C, and lube oils. Why would they need to maintain something that will (probably)never move again under its own power? Still, I am very gratefull to have her around yet.
They thought they were going to build a huge museum space in the area. That never happened. Little thought was made into her preservation. She was barely more than 30 yrs old when they retired her. Her granduer and war service be dammned. Jets were faster.
The engines and boilers were taken out (except 2 engines) to make way for a huge confrence area,That was the plan anyhow.once it was all ripped out they decided not to bother! as far as im aware the area thats left is huge but its all rusted and dirty.there are pictures of it on the queen mary website.
What exactly is the point of removing the engines if the ship was no longer going to be running? Seems to me it would be less costly to just leave them in place.
A rare look into the history of the Queen Mary and her conversion.
Before I first saw this video I never knew so much extensive work was done to her & that almost everything was gutted out.
Though shes had a rough history at least she survives for the world to enjoy , I only hope more ships can be saved like the Mary & Rotterdam for future generations.
The engine and machinery are the soul of any great ship, car, plane ect. To think if she could have been left as she was built she would be that much more valuable and majestic today. She could quite possibly sail again. None the less I still admire her and visit her as much as possible. Shame on those who decided to scrap her soul. This was poor planning and lack of vision for the future of the great queen.
Great video. I've never seen about 97% of the images here. Odd music choice. Any particular reason? (It got adapted for the Clockwork Orange soundtrack, I recognize it from there)
1:57 - 2:10, construction of that stupid propeller viewing box thing. :P
Great slideshow. I didn't know that there was so much work involved when she was docked in Long Beach. I stayed aboard her last year, and I remember the thrill I had in my heart to see the grand salon for the first time by myself. It was an unforgetable moment. I'm glad she is still in Long Beach for all to see.
They shouldn't have removed her boilers and stuff...and they shouldn't have added that ugly propellor box at 02:06. But at least she is still here. Great video
should not of ripped out the engine room, like come on, that was shortsighted. reminds me of the desecration of the great lakes freighter SS Reserve and others.
zequelll 1 week ago
what does finished with engines mean ??
halofanboylol101 3 months ago
if the RMS Queen Elizabeth was moored beside the Hotel Queen Mary, it is awesome and beautiful to see the 2 1930's star sit side by side but in 1968, an hong kong businessman bought the RMS Queen Elizabeth.
MultiRaZoR47 4 months ago
I do hope Dubai get the conversion of Queen Elizabeth 2 started soon. I'm getting irritated & impatent.
SuperTitanicfreak 7 months ago
@SuperTitanicfreak
I am hoping she can return to the Clyde
gregrudd 7 months ago
this made me and el brandito cry
LOSTParanormal1 7 months ago
The Queen Mary being perserve. I wish all Ocean Liners are perserve. I am happy to say that Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth 2 are being perserve.
SuperTitanicfreak 9 months ago
(continued from previous post) bottom tour of every single one of its myriad levels of rooms before the Long Beach Shipyards crews got their hands and equipment in her and on her.
ironsidefan 9 months ago
My parents and I drove up to Long Beach the day after the Queen Mary docked. We sat in our car for a good while and looked at the now empty and deserted ship, knowing full well what was in store for her. I commented to my father, "just think...as she is at this moment, she could be refueled, the crew and a new raft of passengers could board her, and off she could go on a new voyage!" I also told him I'd give anything to be able to go aboard her right then and there, and given a top-to-botto
ironsidefan 9 months ago
the box attached to her hull looks hideous, it's a shame they added it...well, at least she is still with us...it's also a shame they removed her boilers
majaorca100 10 months ago
how come the uk didnt keep QUEEN MARY and restore it r get her back coz every 1 in uk is so passionet about her? just woundering what happened there? r why did she go to america?
TheFlemingsgarage 10 months ago
@TheFlemingsgarage it all goes back to the construction when the government gave Cunard a loan on the condition they teamed up with white star line and in the end the debt was so great the best deal was taken long beach won and history was made and a piece of history was decimated.
TheTraveltube 8 months ago
@TheFlemingsgarage
Jet aircraft were taking over the Trans-atlantic passenger trade and Cunard was hit heavily in it's pocket books with the construction of the QE 2 and a nationwide seaman's strike, but more then anything the people of the UK didn't care about what happened to the Queen Mary. It was only by luck Long Beach was able to get her, most of the offers Cunard was interested in were scrapyards, and to be fair I would rather see her as she is now, a hotel-resteraunt-museum then scrap
snakes3425 7 months ago
ya know iv had dreams about the people restoring the queen mary and making her an active cruise ship, wouldnt that be nice :)
theajshowification 10 months ago
I had no idea they scrapped the original funnels. What a shame.
deloreanman14 11 months ago
They made so many mistakes when converting her, they could have kept so many things and changed some things to make her better.
btomimatsucunard 1 year ago
It just kills me the number they did on such a historic ship. I'm glad that it wasn't scrapped and all, but, to think what a grand vessel she once was, and now they went and tore her apart. I think someone should have the heart to restore the ship to be at least somewhat close to its origional state
SteveAugieri 1 year ago
Well... I guess this video answers my long-time doubt about whether she's stil able to sail by her own means.
Thank you !
gusneaker 1 year ago
I suddenly crave Drencrom.
AbeBSea 1 year ago
I've heard plans are underway for restoring Queen Mary to her former glory. I don't mind that they rip out Queen Mary's machines. They had to make Queen Mary as a hotel & musuem, you know. Queen Mary.
SuperTitanicfreak 1 year ago
So sad, they should have left her as is. At least she is still here and not scrapped as so many majestic ships are these days.
blunite545 1 year ago
Man that music has such a zombifying tone, perfect for Queen Mary reanimation as a Hotel & Museum.
SuperTitanicfreak 1 year ago
Man, oh man, that music is so eeriely intense, on top of Queen Mary powerful Majestic look. I find so zombifying
SuperTitanicfreak 1 year ago
To Queen Mary & all Ocean Liners: You Ocean Liners are the ones. You get knock down. You get back up & stand above the crowd, we are one. We stand above the crowd.
SuperTitanicfreak 1 year ago
I will not die, I will survive. I will not die, I'll wait for Queen Mary. I feel alive with her & other Ocean Liners beside me. I will not die, I'll wait for her, in my time of dying.
SuperTitanicfreak 1 year ago
I like seeing the Video. To me RMS Queen Mary is proof that perservation is possible on Ocean Liners. Queen Mary.
SuperTitanicfreak 1 year ago
Nice job illustrating the great liner's retrofitting. Back when this happened, my grandfather had a tugboat business in Long Beach Harbor. His boats were some of the ones that helped oversee this operation. You can plainly see at least two of them at 5:19. It makes me feel proud to know that my family was directly involved in the preservation of one of the greatest Cunard ocean liners of all time. Thank you for the magnificent photos.
WilbertVereAwdry 1 year ago
@mattlolproductions her bottom still there but they could put newer engines that are dieasal
prckay 1 year ago
i would rather see it at the bottom of the deep blue wet thing...
HailToTheSkunk 1 year ago
@HailToTheSkunk troll
skot66 1 year ago
do you think she sail again
prckay 1 year ago
Whoa did they really scrapped off the paint, funnels, and some interiors from above? And then restored her? Well the only ship that had to be saved was the OLYMPIC.
Abricialio 1 year ago
I wouldn't say this is controversial, but it is VERY well done.
Dirtboy101 1 year ago
I really think this is a cool video. A 5 1/2 minute video of Queen Mary conversion. Heh heh heh heh hehehehe HA! HA! HA! HA! QUEEN MARY is the ultimate Ocean Liner, Long live RMS QUEEN MARY!
SuperTitanicfreak 1 year ago
Boilers & engines had to be remove for the safety of the Queen & her future passengers & guest. we don't want the Queen's own machinery blowing her up now do we?
SuperTitanicfreak 1 year ago
I think ALL Ocean Liners should be persreve. I can't stand to see them scrapped. Queen Mary is living proof of presrevation. Long live Queen Mary!!
SuperTitanicfreak 1 year ago
its been more then 40 years since drydock
god knows what stuff is on her keel 0_o
Flodder450 2 years ago
She was'nt completely rebuilt. Her 1st class interiors are basically still intact. The engine spaces were removed for planned museum and conference space that was not installed. Remember, Long Beach bought her for use as a hotel, conference center and marine museum. They did'nt have much interest in her intact engine rooms. The alternative was she would have been scrapped long ago.
lasuvidaboy 2 years ago
@lasuvidaboy I totally agree with this comment. There were also plans in 1935 to return her into an hotel in France, but when the sad news came that the ship had a tired structure she had to be scrapped. :C
The alternative ending for Olympic: Still standing in France to the present day, with her yellow-black funnels from a far distance in beauty colours.
Abricialio 1 year ago
@Abricialio "Yellow"? Ever heard about the "White Star Buff"?
gladgurkan91 1 year ago
Hello, the video stops at 10sec and do not go on, what do i wrong?
TitanicWHV 2 years ago
Why couldn't they leave the ship the way she was built? I wanted to go to the Queen because I wanted to see the original things. They completely rebuilt her! Its sad.
NintendogsPlayer 2 years ago
During the rip out. Does anybody know if this was done at the drydock or where she is now. Theres a debate going on at another video. If the Queen could be safely moved to a drydock for some much needed repairs.
kitt2000car 2 years ago
They took out most of the boilers but not all.
raymondleeleggs 2 years ago
Nice to see the video of this lovely old liner. My late uncle was one of the Joiners who helped fit the exotic woods on her and her sister RMS Queen Elizabeth.Thanks for sharing it with everybody.
maggy59 2 years ago
they should have left her engine room alone
prckay 2 years ago 2
The funnels were removed in order for work crews to get into the machinery spaces, so that they could be removed as well.
Sad isn't?
cunardwhitestar34 2 years ago
Why did they remove the funnels?
cunardia123 2 years ago
The funnels were removed as they pulled her boilers up through them.
76TomD 2 years ago
yeah,the "funnels" you see pon hertoday are dummys,made of stainless steel
its a shame the gutted her,leaving only a mere shadow of the once great ocean liner
Flodder450 2 years ago
The replacment funnels are also not the proper size
76TomD 2 years ago
British ship
tom1984uk 2 years ago
They removed the boiler rooms to make space for the massive "Museum of the sea." Ultimately the museum failed within 2 years and ironicly the most popular exhibit on the ship is the last remaning engine room!!!!
Lewisb8393 2 years ago
Once again, why did they spend all that time and money taking the boilers/engines out? What a waste. Wouldnt it have been cheaper to leave it alone? Just empty the Bunker C, and lube oils. Why would they need to maintain something that will (probably)never move again under its own power? Still, I am very gratefull to have her around yet.
ihr190 3 years ago 2
They thought they were going to build a huge museum space in the area. That never happened. Little thought was made into her preservation. She was barely more than 30 yrs old when they retired her. Her granduer and war service be dammned. Jets were faster.
76TomD 2 years ago
The engines and boilers were taken out (except 2 engines) to make way for a huge confrence area,That was the plan anyhow.once it was all ripped out they decided not to bother! as far as im aware the area thats left is huge but its all rusted and dirty.there are pictures of it on the queen mary website.
simonsteam 3 years ago 2
What exactly is the point of removing the engines if the ship was no longer going to be running? Seems to me it would be less costly to just leave them in place.
trekzilladmc 3 years ago 2
Then they will get all dirty and rusty and it would cost even more to repair and clean them regularly for more than 40 years.
untoIdmyth 3 years ago
Stunning yet sad.
A rare look into the history of the Queen Mary and her conversion.
Before I first saw this video I never knew so much extensive work was done to her & that almost everything was gutted out.
Though shes had a rough history at least she survives for the world to enjoy , I only hope more ships can be saved like the Mary & Rotterdam for future generations.
Well done! Thanks for sharing with the world.
mechwarrior58 3 years ago
Great video! It is hard for me to watch as her heart was ripped out. Cutting edge 1930's technology was thrown out like trash on the docks.
jimandnicolers 3 years ago
Yes, thats going to happen to the QE2 as well. sad.
untoIdmyth 3 years ago
The engine and machinery are the soul of any great ship, car, plane ect. To think if she could have been left as she was built she would be that much more valuable and majestic today. She could quite possibly sail again. None the less I still admire her and visit her as much as possible. Shame on those who decided to scrap her soul. This was poor planning and lack of vision for the future of the great queen.
jimandnicolers 3 years ago
where did you get all these pictures form ive hardly seen any if them, but i would like to make a video about the conversion.
laffyroks 3 years ago
Most of them from a book, "God Saved the Queen"
kj0928 3 years ago
Great video. I've never seen about 97% of the images here. Odd music choice. Any particular reason? (It got adapted for the Clockwork Orange soundtrack, I recognize it from there)
1:57 - 2:10, construction of that stupid propeller viewing box thing. :P
ragemanchoo82 3 years ago
"Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary" was composed c.1694 by Henry Purcell
kj0928 3 years ago
Great slideshow. I didn't know that there was so much work involved when she was docked in Long Beach. I stayed aboard her last year, and I remember the thrill I had in my heart to see the grand salon for the first time by myself. It was an unforgetable moment. I'm glad she is still in Long Beach for all to see.
Nonniegirl4Ever 3 years ago
5/5 :)
laffyroks 3 years ago
I'm just glad she was saved, I got to stay aboard her for 3 days last year. Worth every minute. Great video. :)
mrslinarcos 3 years ago
They shouldn't have removed her boilers and stuff...and they shouldn't have added that ugly propellor box at 02:06. But at least she is still here. Great video
majaorca100 3 years ago
Very, very well done! Excellent!
Well I mean that the video is well done, not what they did to the poor QM when she arrived in Long Beach...
roblightbody 3 years ago
Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
borgosandalmazzo 3 years ago