 | R.M.S. QUEEN ELIZABETHThe Ultimate Ship - November 2008
by Clive Harvey
ISBN 978-0-954366-68-1
Book 22.4cm x 27.9cm Hardback 208 Pages 108 B&W & 70 Colour Photographs & Illustrations
Publisher: Carmania Press
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| | The Cunard-White Star Line's Queen Elizabeth was the largest ship in the World and one of the fastest and most luxurious. In the post-War years, she maintained, with her equally famous running-mate Queen Mary,the most successful transatlantic passenger service there has ever been. But before that, she had already had a gallant wartime career. Completed on the Clyde in 1940, she had secretly sped to safety across the Atlantic before embarking on a long series of dangerous high-speed voyages, crowded with many thousands of troops. It was widely recognised that the two Cunarders had together played a vital role in the Allies' eventual victory. This authoritatively written and lavishly illustrated history tells the story not only of the Queen Elizabeth's wartime exploits and her transatlantic heyday but also of her losing battle against the new jet airliners, her surprisingly successful foray into the cruise market, her sad and disreputable spell as a static attraction in Florida and - just as she seemed at last to be destined for new success - her tragic destruction by fire in Hong Kong harbour. This is a worthy memorial to one of the World's greatest liners. Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Foreword
- A Daring Dash
- Origins of Yard Number 552
- Construction
- Queen Elizabeth At War
- An Icon of Peace
- Maiden Voyage
- North Atlantic Zenith
- Crossings, Cruises & Changes
- For Sale
- Doomed but Dignified
- Re-Birth & Death
- Record of Voyages
- General Arrangement
- Bibliography
- Photo & Illustration Credits
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