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The 'Queen Mary'

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • BobMeade said:
    The clothes of the 3 people in the photo seems to date it to the late 1930s or thereabouts.

    The RMS Queen Mary arrived in Sydney for refitting at Cockatoo Dock as a troopship in April - May 1940. It was designated HMT Queen Mary (His Majestys Transport)

    On May 4, 1940 she left with 5,000 Australian troops aboard, sailing for England.

    The grey paint scheme shown in this photograph suggest that it was taken during wartime service.

    Maybe on 4 May 1940 - a newsworthy day.

    Wartime service saw the Queen Mary in Sydney port several more times in the cause of freedom:

    ww2troopships.com/ships/q/queenmary/default.htm
  • Nick alaniz said:
    Hello, I am the admin for the queen mary and the queen mary two group
    and i would like you to join are group
    www.flickr.com/groups/892332@N23/

    By the way can you put us in your tags please,Thanks
  • BobMeade said:
    By comparing this to a postcard at the State Library of New South Wales which has identified the ship in the period 1940 - 1945, and by comparing paint schemes, we can see that the Queen Mary here is in wartime paint livery.

    Therefore, this photograph was also taken between 1940 and 1945 inclusive.

    See the comparison here:

    www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/3791371096/
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    The two ships only visited Sydney between the years 1940-1945, that is, never in peacetime
  • BobMeade said:
    SLNSW, I can see you're right, The Queen Mary only visited Sydney during wartime.

    What is the other ship to which you refer?

HMT Queen Mary, Sydney Harbour, between 1940-1945

from State Library of New South Wales

The three largest ships in the world, New York, 1940 / photographic postcard

from State Library of New South Wales

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  • Яah33l said:
    Wow ,,,,,
  • vintagecameras said:
    This has always been the most significant photo of any Ocean Liners to me. They have it hanging on the Queen Mary right as you step on board now. Many people don't understand the gravity of this picture.
  • Difficult Degree said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called AQUELLOS MAGNÍFICOS NAVIOS, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Narrow Pancake said:
    Awesome.
  • fulvue said:
    This would be around the 9th March, 1940, at the end of the Queen Elizabeth's maiden voyage from the Clyde to New York. Thereafter she went to Singapore to be converted into her wartime troopship role. Indeed the only time all three ships were together.

HM Troopship QUEEN MARY in Sydney Harbour, May 1940

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons