The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-07
Queen Elizabeth Has
Crossed Seas Safely
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There seemed to be more play
space on the sundeck Of the liner
than on any other ship the first OBJ
servers had ever seen. In general
appearance the Queen Elizabeth was
not unlike the Queen Mary-with
sharply terraced decks and canted
tunnels giving the impression Of
speed and power.
No conveying warships were seen
from the airplane, nor were there
any large ships of any description
within 200 miles Of the Queen
Elizabeth.
In London, it was revealed that
the Queen Elizabeth had left for
New York at full speed protected
by screen Of naval vessels.
The Queen avoided the regular
steamer line and sped along the
northern route most Of the way.
Crossing Is Triumph
Although she came without any
kind of a pay load, to be berthed at
cost Of $1,000 or more q day in
dock charges alone for possibly
months or years, her crossing was a
triumph that delighted Britons. On
the streets Of London this morning
men slapped each other on the back
and exclaimed, That's doing little
old Hitler In the eye. 49,. Who rules
the seas now? How'll old Nasty
(Hitler) explain this one away?.. -.
what better proof than this that we
don't need any GeStapo to make us
keep our mouths shut?"
Now 1t was known that several
hundred persons had seen the ship
sail from Greenock last Saturday,
and several thousand more must
have known she was at sea, but not
the slightest hint Of 1t had got
abroad until she was safe. This, to
Britons, was tribute to the govern
ment's radio, poster and newspaper
campaign about 1.-THE enemy's long
ears" attuned to catch every chance
remark about matters Of state.
Scarcely Completed
The Queen Elizabeth is scarcely
completed. Work still remained to
be done on her interior decorations.
1t had been estimated recently that
she would not be ready to sail until
April, but 1t was pointed out at
Glasgow today that she was towed
from the shipyard Feb. 26 at the
exact hour fixed four years ago by
the Cunard Company builders, and
that despite the war, construction
had praoceeded on exact schedule.
The great liner wore q coat OF
drab, wartime gray. There were con-
flicting reports as to whether she
carried guns. A British informant
in New York said that warships had
conveyed her from Scotland, that
Canadian warships had taken over
the convoy off Halifax, and that
some American warships were re-
ported to have been in the vicinity"
when she entered United States
waters. His understanding was that
the United States warships did not
act as an escort.
Here she berths alongside her
sister ship, the Queen Mary, and then
the three largest ships in the world,
the Queen Elizabeth, French Liner
Normandie, and Queen Mary, in
that order Of size, will be locked
side by side on New York's Hudson
River slips. waiting for the war to
end.
The Queen Elizabeth Is 1880 feet
long, equal to the height of the
Empire State Building, and 118
feet wide. She has II dacks and cost
$28,500,000. The Queen Mary, by
comparison, Is 975 feet long, 1T feet
wide and has IL decks and cost
$25, 100000. The Queen Elizabeth
has two tunnels, compared to the
Queen Mary's three, and greater
streamline with a sharper bow, thar
her four year old sister. Newer
machinery designs have gone into
the Queen Elizabeth. She has ~
high pressure boilers, half the
number Of the Queen Mary. Her
ventilating system is concealed, the
inlets being in housings at the base
of the smoke funels, while the
Queen Mary has ventilating tunnels.
The Normandie, larger than the
Queen Mary and smaller than the
Queen Elizabeth, Is much more lux
urious; cost $60,000,0O0, more than
both of them together.