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  Model Ship Queen Mary
Click here to see detailed photos! measures:
32"L x 10"T x 4.6"W
Considered by many the apogee of British passenger shipbuilding, Cunard-White
Star Line's Queen Mary was laid down just as the Great Depression began to take
hold in Europe, a circumstance that held up her construction between 1931 and
1934. A stately ship, Queen Mary was the second 1,000-foot ship to enter service,
following the French Line's sleek Normandie.
Queen Mary's speed made her one of the most popular ships afloat, and she earned
handsome profits for her owners until the outbreak of World War II, which found
her at New York. After lying idle for six months, she entered service as a troopship
in March, sailing unescorted from New York for Sydney, via Cape Town. The Queen
Mary ferried troops between Australia and Suez until the United States entered
the war, when she began braving the North Atlantic with only her speed to protect
her from German submarines, whose commanders were reportedly offered a reward
of $250,000 for sinking her.
Faster than any warship afloat, the Queen Mary ocean liner was known as "the
Gray Ghost." So great was the imperative for speed that when, on October 2,
1942, she rammed HMS Curacoa, she could not stand by to rescue the cruiser's
364 crew, only 26 of whom survived. The Queen Mary passenger ship was the third-largest
ever to sail the North Atlantic seaway and the largest to survive. Remains (as
of 1997) one of the last reminders of the technological and aesthetic genius
that dominated the North Atlantic Ocean for more than a century.
Ship Model
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- Cruise Ship Model Measures 32"L x 10"T x 4.6"W
- The model ship Queen Mary is shipped to you fully
assembled and ready for stunning display in your home, office or
place of business
- This painted wooden ocean liner model comes with a solid wood base,
a brass or metal name plate and a brief history of the original
cruise ship
- This model ship Queen Mary is entirely handmade piece by intricate
piece by accomplished and experienced master artisans, using
the plank on frame building method
- no kits are used
- We only use the highest quality woods in constructing our museum
quality model ships
- The following rare woods used to build our ocean liner/cruise
ship models were subjected to severe conditioning, to ensure your model
will withstand any climate and thus, preventing the wood from
becoming twisted or fractured:
Ebony, English Sycamore, Rosewood, Black Wood, Cherry, Mahogany, Yellow
Wood & Jack Wood
- Anchors, adornments and other intricate embellishments on this historic
model ocean liner are sculpted of metal
- Our wooden model ships are built according to scale through
original plans, pictures and drawings
- The finished model ship Queen Mary is carefully inspected
for quality and accuracy many times before packaging
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