Queen Mary and other boats

[chippie]

Hi PHREDD,
As I said before, the Stonecrop sank the sub of the captain that sank the Lusitania. I,ve had a private message from a chap who looks into this site about it.

My uncle who lives in Runcorn told me about it and there is a book in your library about it but he doesn,t know the name of the book. He,s just lost his wife so I can,t press him on it just yet

I used to live in Gillingham back in the late 70s and walked over to Chatham and Rochester quite frequently. That war monument on the downs is brilliant isn,t it, just like the one at Plymouth

Sorry bosun, I was not in the re. All my dad,s family went away to see but I stayed on dry land, I,m a terra firma man myself.

Cheers Phredd.

[Waterways]

Hi Marie, Cunard's headquarters were in Liverpool till the 1960s as many of its routes went from Liverpool to USA and Canada, but the ships were built elsewhere.

The second Mauritania was built at Birkenhead.

[Waterways]

[QUOTE=marie;70215]I have a special interest about the II World War. I am a apasionate of the Spitfire and Queen Mary. I was thinking that Queen Mary was building here, in Pool. I have read now that this boat was building in Scotland. Maybe I was confused, coz Cunard Steam Ship Co. was a Pool's company but maybe, the boat was not building here. If anyone know about it to help me... Thanx!!

Cunard were a Liverpool based company and the building next to the Liver Bldgs is the Cunard Buildings. The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, were amongst the largest liners until the 1970s, had "Liverpool" on their sterns, however not once did one sail up the River Mersey. In an attempt to gradually rape the city, the government insisted the ships only use Southern English ports if they were to retain the Royal Mail North American contract.