RMS Queen Elizabeth: Cunard's Forgotten Queen

Running mate to the more famous Queen Mary, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, launched in 1938, was the largest passenger ship in the world until she met her fiery demise in Victoria Harbor in 1972. Her career as a passenger liner was delayed when World War 2 broke out and a top-secret plot hatched by Winston Churchill saved her from Luftwaffe bombs. She was instrumental in carrying troops and supplies from North America to the war in Europe. After the war, along with the Queen Mary, she was a favorite for crossing the Atlantic, carrying over 2 million passengers over the course of her long and iconic career. Help support this channel with some ship shape merch! https://www.bigoldboats.com/shop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigoldboats Sources: The Only Way to Cross - John Maxtone-Graham: https://amzn.to/3lLVFjA Picture History of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth - William H. Jr. Miller: https://amzn.to/3vWLSf9 http://www.liverpoolships.org/the_cunard_white_star_liner_queen_elizabeth.html https://www.queenmary.com/ Music: LEMMiNO - Encounters https://soundcloud.com/lemmino/encounters John Abbot - City Phases https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/530JEZzEY7/ John Abbot - The Washing Ladies https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/wEAmqSQrtz/ dreem - Glooming https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/CfZBnyOvMt/ Gavin Luke - What Once Was https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/VLMCHp0SIs/ Image Credit: RMMV Oceanic III by AntonLogvynenko https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_ocean_liner_which_has_never_been.jpg Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:56 Transatlantic Rivalries 4:37 A Second Queen 8:13 War 10:13 Queens of the Atlantic 11:58 An Uncertain Future 14:45 Disaster 17:28 Legacy