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HMS Queen Mary was the last battlecruiser built by the Royal Navy before the First World War. The sole member of her class , Queen Mary shared many features with the Lion -class battlecruisers, including her eight 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns.
A freighter under Republican flag at the beginning of the war, her captain and crew changed loyalties off Bone in September 1937, while returning to Barcelona from the Soviet Union. [5] She seized the last foreign cargo ship captured during the civil war, the British Stangate off Valencia on 16 March 1939, despite the opposition of HMS Sussex ...
HMS Queen Mary Royal Navy: World War I: Battle of Jutland: The Queen Mary-class battlecruiser was shelled and sunk by SMS Derfflinger ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 1,266 of her 1,284 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Laurel, HMS Petard and HMS Tipperary (all Royal Navy). SMS S35 Imperial German Navy
Mr. Justice Pilcher exonerated Queen Mary ' s crew and her owners from blame on 21 January 1947 and laid all fault on Curacoa ' s officers. The Admiralty appealed his ruling and the Court of Appeal modified the ruling, assigning two-thirds of the blame to the Admiralty and one third to Cunard White Star.
RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2) is a British ocean liner. She has served as the flagship of the Cunard Line since April 2004, [9] and as of 2025, is the only active, purpose-built ocean liner still in service. [10] [11] Queen Mary 2 sails regular transatlantic crossings between Southampton and New York City, in addition to short cruises and an annual ...
VAdm Sir David R. Beatty Battlecruiser Lion, VAdm Beatty's flagship, heavily damaged at the Battle of Jutland Battlecruiser Queen Mary exploding, 31 May 1916 This force of high-speed ships was subordinate to the Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet, but operated independently as an advanced guard, intended to reconnoiter the enemy fleet and to ...
A 40-year-old stage hand on the luxury Cunard ship Queen Mary 2 has been sentenced to 120 days in jail on child pornography charges. Canadian law enforcement officials say they found sexually ...
Sold to Admiralty in 1914 to be repurposed as a dummy ship for HMS Queen Mary, transferred to Royal Fleet Auxiliary, under Bayol as an oiler in 1915, transferred to the shipping controller under Bayleaf in 1917. Sold to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company under Pyrula. Scrapped at Genoa by Henrico Haupt in 1933. Pontic: 1894: 1894–1930: 394