The Historic Queen Mary Ship

In these modern times, there are only a few ocean liners that could capture your imagination, with the Queen Mary Ship; it can give you the true vacation you deserve. The authentic ocean liners no longer exist, the Queen Mary is the final and the grandest from a Golden age of transatlantic cruise liners.

In May 1930, the British steamship company Cunard awarded John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland the duty of constructing the ultimate ship. The project was halted for 18 months due to financial problems by Cunard.

Legend says that the ship’s owners were determined to name the ship Queen Victoria. Cunards’ spokesman told the king that they have decided the name of the ship after the greatest Queen, meaning it was Queen Victoria, the King’s Grandmother.

During its building stages, workers worked hard to install its engines, fittings, and all of the furnishings that solidify the Queen Mary’s right as the world’s best passenger liner. There were specific vignettes within the ship that shows common themes in Mythology, natural settings, animals, all of which are in abstracted form.

The Queen Mary’s first voyage was from Southampton, England on May 27th 1936. The passengers that boarded the ship were rich as well as famous and they travelled across the Atlantic onboard the queen Mary, which at that time was the only civilized way to travel.

There are also notable upgrades. It was installed with thousands of standee bunks on the ship’s Promenade Deck, ladies’ drawing room and a first class swimming pool.

During the Second World War it was used as a troop ship transporting American soldiers to and from Great Britain. On October 31, 1967, Queen Mary departed on its last great cruise. It arrived in Long Beach on December 9th 1967, and was turned over to its new owners, the City of Long Beach.

The Queen Mary ship is not permanently docked but rests afloat at the Long Beach harbor, the historic ship that was cherished and recognized all around the world.