Record of Wartime Cruises
| 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 |

This is a complete list of World War II cruises of the RMS Queen Mary, which Steve Harding has generously authorized me to copy to this web page from his excellent photo-filled book Gray Ghost: The RMS Queen Mary at War .

Steve Harding notes that "those crossings that do not have entries for the numbers of troops and passengers did, in fact, carry both: Many of the records of the QM's earlier wartime voyages were lost or destroyed in the years just after the war, so we're unsure of the exact numbers."

More info may be found in the "Information About Specific Crossings" pages.

More Information

Quick Info About This Ship
Ship Type: Passenger Ship
War Service Dates: March 1940 - September 1946
Built: 1930-1936 - John Brown & Co., LTD., Clydebank, Scotland
Troop Capacity: 15,000+ troops
Disposition: Hotel & convention facility in Long Beach, CA

1941

Dates Route
Mileage
Passage
Speed
Voyage
Captain
Notes
Dec 28, 1940 to
Jan 3, 1941
Sydney to
Freemantle
2,697
6 days, 2 hours, 25 minutes
18.42k
WW #5
Irving
 
Jan 4, 1941 to
Jan 12, 1941
Freemantle to
Trincomalee
3,191
7 days, 1 hour, 7 minutes
18.87k
WW #5
Irving
 
Jan 14, 1941 to
Jan 19, 1941
Trincomalee to
Freemantle
3,169
5 days, 0 hours, 16 minutes
26.35k
WW #5
Irving
 
Jan 20, 1941 to
Jan 24, 1941
Freemantle to
Sydney
2,557
3 days, 22 hours, 35 minutes
27.04k
WW #5
Irving
 
Feb 4, 1941 to
Feb 9, 1941
Sydney to
Freemantle
2,740
5 days, 18 hours, 48 minutes
19.74k
WW #6
Irving
 
Feb 12, 1941 to
Feb 18, 1941
Freemantle to
Singapore
2,495
5 days, 18 hours, 54 minutes
17.96k
WW #6
Irving
 
Feb 21, 1941 to
March 1, 1941
Drydocked In Singapore
March 22, 1941 to
March 26, 1941
Singapore to
Freemantle
2,494
4 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes
25.94k
WW #6
Irving
 
March 28, 1941 to
April 1, 1941
Freemantle to
Sydney
2,371
3 days, 20 hours, 8 minutes
25.74k
WW #6
Irving
 
April 9, 1941
Sydney to
Jervis Bay
119
0 days, 5 hours, 8 minutes
23.18k
WW #7
Fall
 
April 11, 1941 to
April 16, 1941
Jervis Bay to
Freemantle
2,256
4 days, 23 hours, 46 minutes
18.84k
WW #7
Fall
 
April 19, 1941 to
April 26, 1941
Freemantle to
Trincomalee
3,456
6 days, 23 hours, 48 minutes
20.59k
WW #7
Fall
 
April 27, 1941 to
May 3, 1941
Trincomalee to
Suez
3,752
5 days, 23 hours, 55 minutes
26.09k
WW #7
Fall
 
May 7, 1941 to
May 14, 1941
Suez to
Trincomalee
3,772
6 days, 8 hours, 51 minutes
24.67k
WW #7
Fall
 
May 15, 1941 to
May 21, 1941
Trincomalee to
Freemantle
3,158
5 days, 14 hours, 15 minutes
23.50k
WW #7
Fall
 
May 21, 1941 to
May 25, 1941
Freemantle to
Sydney
2,328
3 days, 23 hours, 0 minutes
24.50k
WW #7
Fall
 
June 13, 1941 to
June 14, 1941
Sydney to
Hobart
678
1 day, 3 hours, 12 minutes
24.93k
WW #8
Irving
 
June 27, 1941 to
June 28, 1941
Hobart to
Sydney
664
1 day, 2 hours, 28 minutes
25.25k
WW #8
Irving
 
June 29, 1941 to
July 4, 1941
Sydney to
Freemantle
2,567
5 days, 13 hours, 43 minutes
19.20k
WW #8
Irving
 
July 9, 1941 to
July 16, 1941
Freemantle to
Trincomalee
3,162
6 days, 16 hours, 52 minutes
19.64k
WW #8
Irving
 
July 17, 1941 to
July 25, 1941
Trincomalee to
Suez
3,795
7 days, 13 hours, 27 minutes
20.91k
WW #8
Irving
 
July 26, 1941 to
Aug 2, 1941
Suez to
Trincomalee
3,791
6 days, 8 hours, 29 minutes
24.84k
WW #8
Irving
 
Aug 4, 1941 to
Aug 9, 1941
Trincomalee to
Freemantle
3,176
5 days, 12 hours, 54 minutes
23.90k
WW #8
Irving
 
Aug 10, 1941 to
Aug 15, 1941
Freemantle to
Sydney
2,329
4 days, 4 hours, 12 minutes
23.24k
WW #8
Irving
 
Aug 21, 1941 to
Aug 23, 1941
Sydney to
Hobart
677
1 day, 3 hours, 15 minutes
24.84k
WW #9
Irving
 
Sept 1, 1941 to
Sept 2, 1941
Hobart to
Sydney
675
1 day, 4 hours, 18 minutes
23.85k
WW #9
Irving
 
Sept 3, 1941 to
Sept 7, 1941
Sydney to
Freemantle
2,315
4 days, 16 hours, 16 minutes
20.62k
WW #9
Irving
 
Sept 9, 1941 to
Sept 15, 1941
Freemantle to
Trincomalee
3,162
5 days, 10 hours, 00 minutes
24.32k
WW #9
Irving
 
Sept 16, 1941 to
Sept 23, 1941
Trincomalee to
Suez
3,786
6 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes
23.09k
WW #9
Irving
 
Sept 24, 1941 to
Oct 1, 1941
Suez to
Trincomalee
3,795
6 days, 9 hours, 12 minutes
24.77k
WW #9
Irving
 
Oct 1, 1941 to
Oct 7, 1941
Trincomalee to
Freemantle
3,200
5 days, 13 hours, 45 minutes
23.93k
WW #9
Irving
 
Oct 8, 1941 to
Oct 13, 1941
Freemantle to
Sydney
2,587
4 days, 18 hours, 48 minutes
22.53k
WW #9
Irving
 
Oct 15, 1941 to
Oct 16, 1941
Sydney to
Hobart
699
1 day, 3 hours, 45 minutes
24.24k
WW #10
Irving
 
Oct 22, 1941 to
Oct 23, 1941
Hobart to
Sydney
685
1 day, 3 hours, 51 minutes
24.68k
WW #10
Irving
 
Nov 1, 1941 to
Nov 2, 1941
Sydney to
Jervis Bay
108
0 days, 5 hours, 30 minutes
19.64k
WW #10
Townley
 
Nov 2, 1941 to
Nov 6, 1941
Jervis Bay to
Freemantle
2,352
4 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes
24.45k
WW #10
Townley
 
Nov 8, 1941 to
Nov 14, 1941
Freemantle to
Trincomalee
3,179
5 days, 15 hours, 48 minutes
23.64k
WW #10
Townley
 
Nov 15, 1941 to
Nov 22, 1941
Trincomalee to
Suez
3,835
6 days, 20 hours, 45 minutes
23.86k
WW #10
Townley
 
Nov 23, 1941 to
Nov 30, 1941
Suez to
Trincomalee
3,783
6 days, 12 hours, 15 minutes
24.22k
WW #10
Townley
 
Dec 19, 1941 to
Dec 28, 1941
Trincomalee to
Cape Town
5,100
8 days, 16 hours, 18 minutes
24.48k
WW #10
Townley
 
Dec 29, 1941 to
Jan 8, 1942
Cape Town to
Trinidad
5,368
10 days, 00 hours, 18 minutes
22.34k
WW #11
Townley
 

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