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

1942

Dates Route
Mileage
Passage
Speed
Voyage
Captain
Notes
T=Troops,
P=Passengers
C=Crew
Dec 29, 1941 to
Jan 8, 1942
Cape Town to
Trinidad
5,368
10 days, 0 hours,
18 minutes
22.34k
WW #11
Townley
 
Jan 8, 1942 to
Jan 12, 1942
Trinidad to
New York
1,959
3 days, 11 hours,
30minutes
23.66k
WW #11
Townley
 
Jan 26, 1942 to
Jan 27, 1942
New York to
Boston
385
0 days, 16 hours,
34 minutes
23.22k
WW #11
Townley
 
Jan 27, 1942 to
Feb 8, 1942
Drydocked in the Boston Naval Shipyard
Feb 18, 1942 to
Feb 22, 1942
Boston to
Key West
2,369
3 days, 21 hours,
27 minutes
25.35k
WW #12
Townley
 
Feb 24, 1942 to
March 6, 1942
Key West to
Rio
5,589
9 days, 14 hours,
57 minutes
24.20k
WW #12
Bisset
8398(T), 905(C)
(To Sydney)
(more)
March 8, 1942 to
March 14, 1942
Rio to
Cape Town
3,383
5 days, 7 hours,
39 minutes
26.50k
WW #12
Bisset
 
March 15, 1942 to
March 23, 1942
Cape Town to
Freemantle
4,801
7 days, 15 hours,
8 minutes
26.22k
WW #12
Bisset
 
March 24, 1942 to
March 28, 1942
Freemantle to
Sydney
2,356
3 days, 21 hours,
2 minutes
25.61k
WW #12
Bisset
 
April 6, 1942 to
April 11, 1942
Sydney to
Freemantle
2,800
5 days, 3 hours,
20 minutes
22.70k
WW #13
Bisset
58(P), 832(C)
April 12, 1942 to
April 21, 1942
Freemantle to
Cape Town
5,142
8 days, 20 hours,
39 minutes
24.18k
WW #13
Bisset
 
April 22, 1942 to
April 27, 1942
Cape Town to
Rio
3,311
5 days, 4 hours,
32 minutes
26.51k
WW #13
Bisset
 
April 28, 1942 to
May 7, 1942
Rio to
New York
5,283
8 days, 16 hours,
3 minutes
25.39k
WW #13
Bisset
 
May 11, 1942 to
May 16, 1942
New York to
Clyde
3,166
5 days, 3 hours,
45 minutes
25.58k
WW #14
Bisset
9880(T), 875(C)
(more)
May 22, 1942 to
May 30, 1942
Clyde to
Freetown
4,137
7days, 10hours,
52minutes
23.13k
WW #15
Bisset
9537(T) (To Suez)
872(C)
May 31, 1942 to
June 6, 1942
Freetown to
Cape Town
3,423
5 days, 14 hours,
6 minutes
25.52k
WW #15
Bisset
 
June 8, 1942 Cape Town to
Simonstown
84
0 days, 3 hours,
9 minutes
26.66k
WW #15
Bisset
 
June 10, 1942 to
June 22, 1942
Simonstown to
Suez
5,998
11 days, 10 hours,
11 minutes
21.88k
WW #15
Bisset
 
June 23, 1942 to
July 5, 1942
Suez to
Simonstown
5,930
11 days, 19 hours,
38 minutes
20.92k
WW #15
Bisset
2565(P), 871(C)
July 7, 1942 to
July 12, 1942
Simonstown to
Rio
3,290
5 days, 1 hours,
48 minutes
27.01k
WW #15
Bisset
 
July 13, 1942 to
July 21, 1942
Rio to
New York
4,980
7 days, 17 hours,
15 minutes
26.88k
WW #15
Bisset
 
Aug 2, 1942 to
Aug 7, 1942
New York to
Gourock
3,266
5 days, 2 hours,
0 minutes
26.77k
WW #16
Bisset
15,125(T), 863(C)
(more)
Aug 11, 1942 to
Aug 16, 1942
Gourock to
New York
3,554
5 days, 8 hours,
29 minutes
27.66k
WW #17W
Illingsworth
 
Sept 5, 1942 to
Sept 11, 1942
New York to
Gourock
3,631
5 days, 9 hours,
39 minutes
28.01k
WW #17E
Illingsworth
 
Sept 14, 1942 to
Sept 19, 1942
Gourock to
New York
3,581
5 days, 15 hours,
11 minutes
26.49k
WW #18W
Illingsworth
 
Sept 27, 1942 to
Oct 3, 1942
New York to
Gourock
3,294
5 days, 10 hours,
46 minutes
25.19k
WW #18E
Illingsworth
 
Oct 8, 1942 to
Oct 14, 1942
Gourock to
Boston
3,387
6 days, 13 hours,
43 minutes
21.47k
WW #19W
Illingsworth
 
Oct 14, 1942 to
Nov 2, 1942
Drydocked at the Boston Navel Shipyard
Nov 4, 1942 to
Nov 5, 1942
Boston to
New York
490
0 days, 21 hours,
2 minutes
23.30k
NNO
Illingsworth
 
Dec 8, 1942 to
Dec 14, 1942
New York to
Gourock
3,677
6 days, 0 hours,
37 minutes
25.42k
WW #19E
Bisset
10,389(T), 950(C)
Dec 23, 1942 to
Dec 29, 1942
Gourock to
Freetown
3,897
6 days, 9 hours,
37 minutes
25.37k
WW #20
Bisset
10,669(T) (To Massawa)
800 (C)
Dec 30, 1942 to
Jan 5, 1943
Freetown to
Cape Town
3,441
5 days, 18 hours,
0 minutes
24.93k
WW #20
Bisset
 

This information, specifications and resulting ship histories are gathered and compiled from from various sources that many times conflict. If you find an error or discrepancy, please email me at troopships@pier90.org or
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