RMS Queen Elizabeth
E300697
RMS Queen Elizabeth was a famous mid-20th-century British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line, renowned for its transatlantic service and later use as a troopship during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RMS Queen Elizabeth canonical | 4 |
| RMS | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cunard Line ship
ⓘ
ocean liner ⓘ passenger ship ⓘ troopship ⓘ |
| builder | John Brown & Company ⓘ |
| builtAt | Clydebank ⓘ |
| builtIn | Scotland ⓘ |
| caughtFire | 1972-01 ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | fire and capsizing in Hong Kong ⓘ |
| completed | 1940 ⓘ |
| conflictServedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| constructionStarted | 1936 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| displacement | over 83000 tons ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1940 ⓘ |
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| finalLocation |
Hong Kong, China
ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong
Victoria Harbour ⓘ |
| flag | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| grossTonnage | 83673 GRT ⓘ |
| homePort | Southampton ⓘ |
| hullNumber | 552 ⓘ |
| intendedNewUse |
floating university
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| laterOwner | Cunard Line ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1938-09-27 ⓘ |
| length |
1031 ft
ⓘ
314 m ⓘ |
| maidenVoyage | 1940-03-03 ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 28.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the largest passenger ships of her time
ⓘ
luxury transatlantic service ⓘ wartime troop transport capacity ⓘ |
| numberOfFunnels | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | Cunard Line ⓘ |
| owner |
Cunard Line
ⓘ
surface form:
Cunard White Star Line
|
| primaryService | transatlantic passenger service ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbine ⓘ |
| retiredFromService | 1968 ⓘ |
| route |
Southampton–Cherbourg–New York
ⓘ
surface form:
Southampton–New York
|
| sank | 1972-01 ⓘ |
| scrapped | partially, in situ ⓘ |
| shipType |
ocean liner
ⓘ
transatlantic liner ⓘ |
| sisterShip | RMS Queen Mary ⓘ |
| soldForConversion | 1968 ⓘ |
| usedAs | troopship during World War II ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.