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2012

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swanq said:
From: www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/bat... March 20, 1912: Launch of the Queen Mary at Palmer's Shipbuilding Ltd. Jarrow-on-Tyne, England. The end of the HMS Queen Mary: From www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_queen_mary.htm "During the battle of Jutland after receiving direct hits from the German ships Seydlitz and Derfflinger the Queen Mary blew up with the loss of 1,266 crew with only 9 survivors." The Battle of Jutland was May 31-June 1, 1916. The Queen Mary was sunk on May 31, according to www.worldwar1.co.uk/sunk16.htm
Peter Turvey said:
Fascinating - my mother's family were related to the Palmers.
The Library of Congress said:
Swang: Appreciate your providing the boat's story. We'll update the source description.
perfgeek said:
You can see "PALMERS" reversed in the top-right of the image :)
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

David Neylon said:
Claudia Lyon was the daughter of Texas Republican leader Cecil Lyon. Appointed to be the sponsor for the battleship Texas by Secretary of the Navy Meyer in 1912. (see NY Times article May 12, 1912
phoppernowlin said:
Thank you, David! Beautiful picture.
Ellie Baker said:
This was taken sometime at USS Texas's launching ceremony on 18 May 1912 at Newport News, Virginia.

B-59 said:
"USS New Mexico (BB-40) was a battleship in service with the United States Navy from 1918 to 1946." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Mexico_%28BB-40%29
B-59 said:
A very similar photo was printed in the Richmond times-dispatch., June 20, 1917, Image 14 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-06-20/ed-...
Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Mexico_(BB-40)
Art Siegel said:
This launching, on April 23, 1917, was under wartime conditions, with the crowd limited to 1,000 under high security. Crowds of 25,000 had seen prior battleship launches. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9904E4D8153AE4...
Anne (LOC P&P) said:
B-59, Richard Norton, and Art Siegel: Thanks for pointing us to more complete information on this ship and the launching event. It will be great to include additional information in our next update to the description.