On May 27, 1936 the new Cunard White Star liner R.M.S. Queen Mary sailed from Southampton on her maiden trans-Atlantic crossing to New York. With Commodore Sir Edgar Britten in command she called at Cherbourg, France enroute to New York. The crossing from Bishop Rock to Ambrose was made in 4 days 5 hours 46 minutes at an average speed of 29.13 knots. A great welcome awaited the new liner at New York.
Later that year she captured the Blue Riband from the French Line flagship Normandie.

R.M.S. Queen Mary in the King George V Drydock, Southampton, prior to her maiden voyage.
(Photograph John McFarlane Collection)

The new Cunard White Star flagship at speed.
(Photograph John McFarlane Collection)

R.M.S. Queen Mary arriving in New York harbor on June 1, 1936 at the end of her maiden voyage.
(Photograph Theodore W. Scull Collection)

R.M.S. Queen Mary sailing from Pier 90 on July 30, 1952.
(Photograph John McFarlane)

Queen Mary at Long Beach, California with Queen Mary 2 in the distance.
(February 23, 2006)
(Photograph courtesy Cunard Line)

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