Model of Queen Elizabeth, 1940 John Brown and Company T.1973.10.a
“I also was able to sail on the Queen Elizabeth … from Southampton, to New York. I will never forget passing the Statue of Liberty. It was awe-inspiring.”
Valerie Carlson, www.ocean-liners.com
Hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers remember the Queen Elizabeth as the Liner That Always Sailed Alone – so fast that she would have outstripped any escort.
The Queen Elizabeth’s nine days voyage to New York was perhaps the most extraordinary ever undertaken by a luxury liner.
Do you feel proud that the Queen Elizabeth was built on the Clyde?
Early on Thursday morning the calm of Southampton was shattered by nine exuberant siren blasts. They were made by the hooter of the Queen Elizabeth as she sailed for New York.
You can't let 35,000 tons of steel slip into a narrow ship-channel without having certain sensations in the pit of your stomach.
We had a noisy welcome from ships’ sirens and whistles. Planes circled and dipped in salute and fire floats sprayed curtains of water.
