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« on: March 02, 2009, 06:16:34 AM »
Hi Everybody,

Look at this wonderful picture of the Queen Mary being fitted out at John Browns....CLYDEBANK....Glasgow.



The creation of these "things" are more impressive to me than their working life for some reason....I LOVE THE THOUGHT OF BUILDING THESE MASTERPIECES again!!

Love that picture.
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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2009, 06:19:47 AM »
Aha, the REAL Queen Mary. Long may she endure.
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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2009, 08:07:48 AM »
Hello all,

How did they get her out when completed? There isn't a lot of room! Are there any equivalent pictures of the QE please?

Wonderful picture!

Cheers!
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« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2009, 11:56:20 AM »
Stunning photo!
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« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2009, 04:58:17 PM »
Quote from: Dr. Edmund Carus on March 02, 2009, 08:07:48 AM
Hello all,

How did they get her out when completed? There isn't a lot of room!

Cheers!

With the help of 7 tugs, very carefully...   Grin   The Queen Mary was kept as light as possible for the dangerous voyage down the river.  She had the minumum possible amount of fuel, and only the two forward lifeboats.   Plus, the river channel had been enlarged, 1/2 million tons of sand and sludge were dredged and dumped at sea, and 5 1/2 acres of river bank around the Cart River, opposite the shipyard, were cut away.

She is seen in this photo just as she was pointed down the river



On the 24th of March, 1936, an estimated ONE MILLION people lined the banks of the River Clyde to view the Queen Mary departing her place of birth, for her life of fame and glory.   The day declared a holiday, shops and schools closing for the historic occasion.



Even with the help of 7 tugs, one of them brought up specially from Southampton, the Queen Mary grounded.  Twice.  As seen in this photo, a gust of wind sent the Queen Mary's bow onto the bank, and the current of the river put her stern on the opposite bank.   She was held fast for about half an hour on the two opposite river banks.
With the dropping tide and the pull of the current, the Queen Mary had only minutes more to be brought free before the stresses she was being subjected to would have broken her keel.  Queen Mary would had to have been scrapped on the spot, closing the Clyde to river traffic for months.



As we know, RMS Queen Mary was freed on time, and went on her way to become the greatest merchant ship in history.
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« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2009, 05:09:11 PM »
Quote from: NairB on March 02, 2009, 06:16:34 AM
Hi Everybody,

Look at this wonderful picture of the Queen Mary being fitted out at John Browns....CLYDEBANK....Glasgow.



A couple more, if I may   Grin

Soon after the launch.  Notice the launch ways adjacent to the fitting out basin.  The Royal Platform is still at the head of the ways, and the drag chains can be seen dangling from the ship's hull.

She's about ready to leave...
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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2009, 05:13:22 PM »
Stunning pictures Kyle and NairB; thank you for sharing.

Please keep them coming!
Clydebank has a lot to be proud of.  Grin
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« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2009, 05:21:43 PM »
Quote from: singlemalt on March 02, 2009, 05:13:22 PM
Stunning pictures Kyle and NairB; thank you for sharing.

Please keep them coming!
Clydebank has a lot to be proud of.  Grin

For more stunning photos, please visit the galleries at www.queenmaryassociation.com
An organization by and for Queen Mary former crew. 
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« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2009, 01:46:39 PM »
WOW.... Shocked

Those picts are stunning folks. I had no idea the QM got dangerously stuck at one point gosh looking at the tugs panic to save her... Shocked

Glad she made it tho. Grin

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« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2009, 05:26:21 AM »
Great photos and the presence of the notch in the fitting out berth is now confirmed for QM!.  Given the length of QM and the even longer length of QE, I think we can assume that the notch was created for them.  Does any one know if John Brown built any other ships as long as the above two?
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« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2009, 08:48:10 PM »
I thought that I should add the photo of the QE2 doing a similar procedure with the tugs. Picture quality is poor. Your aerial photos of the QM at John Browns are great.   

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« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2010, 06:04:47 PM »
A few snaps of the Queen Mary's launch taken by my father-in-law. Must have been quite a day, despite the rain. Look at 'Launch Day' picture - there's a camera crew up the crane.

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« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2010, 07:41:20 PM »
Quote from: Cunarder Man on February 07, 2010, 06:04:47 PM
A few snaps of the Queen Mary's launch taken by my father-in-law. Must have been quite a day, despite the rain. Look at 'Launch Day' picture - there's a camera crew up the crane.
I wonder if that film crew took some of these shots?

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ngKpqQ_ga8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ngKpqQ_ga8</a>
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« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2010, 08:49:44 PM »
Many thanks for linking to a clip from Shipyard Sally. There are scenes in this clip which are obviously shot by the camera in my picture. Brilliant!
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« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2010, 08:51:34 PM »
I spotted something interesting; although the hull portholes have been cut, the bridge front is still a blank sheet of metal...
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« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2010, 09:23:37 AM »
Brilliant pictures and website link, thanks for posting!

If only we were contemplating the challenges of launching another Trans Atlantic liner on the Clyde  in our lifetime.

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