| Re: Queen Mary |
Subject: Re: Queen Mary by bogus on 2010/8/22 3:10:11 neat... I have lived here in Torrance for 6 years and still haven't gotten back to the Queen. I sailed her in 1966 to (or from, not sure) England - I was only 11 months old at the time! My dad rode the Queen when it was a troop ship during WWII. My brothers and Mom sailed it other times. The boat has a lot of history for my family... In a way, I have been saving the visit for when my brother and his wife come to visit. Neat pics!!! A little trivia... the convoys going across the ocean were limited to the speed of the slowest ship... the thing is, the Queen could flat out get it going on! Try over 40 knots at full song. Well... according to my late father, when there was a verified uboat sighting, the Queen could hit all ahead full and leave the slower ships, bringing perhaps a fast destroyer (I would hope) and protect the Queen. The thought of losing the Queen and 10k+ troops was more than they could risk.... I will say this: With all the documentaries I have seen on the North Atlantic convoy system, I have never heard that story validated... did it happen? Can't say... could it have happened? Yea, it's possible. |
