Record of Wartime Cruises
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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

1946

Dates Route
Mileage
Passage
Speed
Voyage
Captain
Notes
T-Troops
P=Passengers
C=Crew
Dec 29, 1945 to
Jan 3, 1946
Southampton to
New York
3,136
5 days, 1 hour,
34 minutes
25.80k
WW #59W
Illingsworth
11,346(T), 846(C)
Jan 6, 1946 to
Jan 11, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,174
4 days, 23 hours,
27 minutes
26.57k
WW #59E
Illingsworth
1,078(P), 845(C)
Jan 14, 1946 to
Jan 30, 1946
Drydock in Southampton
Feb 5, 1946 to
Feb 10, 1946
Southampton to
New York
3,137
5 days, 23 hours,
12 minutes
21.91k
WW #60W
Illingsworth
2,509(P), 943(C)
Feb 17, 1946 to
Feb 21, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,174
4 days, 21 hours,
30 minutes
27.01k
WW #60E
Illingsworth
1,793(P), 944(C)
Feb 25, 1946 to
March 1, 1946
Southampton to
New York
3,137
4 days, 23 hours,
39 minutes
26.23k
WW #61W
Illingsworth
2,489(P), 935(C)
March 5, 1946 to
March 9, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,174
4 days, 17 hours,
57 minutes
27.85k
WW #61E
Illingsworth
 
March 13, 1946 to
March 18, 1946
Southampton to
New York
3,135
4 days, 21 hours,
57 minutes
26.70k
WW #62W
Ford
 
March 21, 1946 to
March 26, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,171
4 days, 23 hours,
10 minutes
26.63k
WW #62E
Ford
 
March 31, 1946 to
April 4, 1946
Southampton to
New York
3,212
5 days, 1 hours,
20 minutes
26.48k
WW #63W
Ford
 
April 8, 1946 to
April 12, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,242
4 days, 19 hours,
9 minutes
28.15k
WW #63E
Ford
1,328(P), 936(C)
April 17, 1946 to
Aprl 21, 1946
Southampton to
New York
3,202
4 days, 21 hours,
0 minutes
27.37k
WW #64W
Ford
2,509(P), 943(C)
April 25, 1946 to
April 30, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,277
4 days, 22 hours,
34 minutes
27.63k
WW #64E
Ford
1,582(P), 941(C)
May 5, 1946 to
May 8, 1946
Southampton to
Halifax
2,735
4 days, 2 hours,
0 minutes
27.91k
WW #65W
Ford
2495(P), 957(C)
May 9, 1946 to
May 10, 1946
Halifax to
New York
577
1 days, 0 hours,
22 minutes
23.68k
WW #65W
Ford
 
May 14, 1946 to
May 19, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,242
4 days, 21 hours,
34 minutes
27.58k
WW #65E
Ford
1617(P), 979(C)
May 24, 1946 to
May 27, 1946
Southampton to
Halifax
2,710
4 days, 0 hours,
23 minutes
28.12k
WW #66W
Illingsworth
2488(P), 977(C)
May 29, 1946 Halifax to
New York
572
0 days, 21 hours,
30 minutes
26.60k
WW #66W
Illingsworth
 
June 2, 1946 to
June 6, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,225
4 days, 18 hours,
50 minutes
28.09k
WW #66E
Illingsworth
1330(P), 977(C)
June 11, 1946 to
June 15, 1946
Southampton to
Halifax
2,739
4 days, 1 hours,
57 minutes
27.96k
WW #67W
Illingsworth
2482(P), 990(C)
June 16, 1946 to
June 17, 1946
Halifax to
New York
572
0 days, 22 hours,
30 minutes
25.42k
WW #67W
Illingsworth
 
June 21, 1946 to
June 26, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,236
4 days, 23 hours,
35 minutes
27.06k
WW #67E
Illingsworth
1323(P), 987(C)
July 1, 1946 to
July 4, 1946
Southampton to
Halifax
2,728
4 days, 1 hours,
23 minutes
28.01
WW #68W
Illingsworth
2543(P), 993(C)
July 5, 1946 to
July 6, 1946
Halifax to
New York
572
0 days, 22 hours,
55 minutes
24.95k
WW #68W
Illingsworth
 
July 10, 1946 to
July 14, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,226
4 days, 18 hours,
6 minutes
28.27k
WW #68E
Illingsworth
1217(P), 1006(C)
July 20, 1946 to
July 23, 1946
Southampton to
Halifax
2,716
4 days, 1 hours,
43 minutes
27.79k
WW #69W
Illingsworth
 
July 24, 1946 to
July 25, 1946
Halifax to
New York
572
0 days, 21 hours,
31 minutes
26.58k
WW #69W
Illingsworth
 
July 29, 1946 to
Aug 2, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,162
4 days, 17 hours,
46 minutes
27.79k
WW #69E
Illingsworth
 
Aug 8, 1946 to
Aug 11, 1946
Southampton to
Halifax
2,659
3 days, 23 hours,
19 minutes
27.89k
WW #70W
Ford
2428(P), 994(C)
Aug 13, 1946 Halifax to
New York
572
0 days, 21 hours,
40 minutes
26.40k
WW #70W
Ford
 
Aug 17, 1946 to
Aug 21, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,164
4 days, 19 hours,
0 minutes
27.51k
WW #70E
Ford
1419(P), 1018(C)
Aug 28, 1946 to
Aug 31, 1946
Southampton to
Halifax
2,657
4 days, 6 hours,
30 minutes
25.92k
WW #71W
Illingsworth
2370(P), 995(C)
Sept 2, 1946 to
Sept 3, 1946
Halifax to
New York
572
1 days, 0 hours,
16 minutes
23.57k
WW #71W
Illingsworth
 
Sept 6, 1946 to
Sept 10, 1946
New York to
Southampton
3,160
4 days, 17 hours,
5 minutes
27.94k
WW #71E
Illingsworth
1455(P), 972(C)
Sept 15, 1946 to
Sept 18, 1946
Southampton to
Halifax
2,561
4 days, 0 hours,
55 minutes
26.42k
WW #72W
Illingsworth
2077(P), 993(C)
Sept 24, 1946 to
Sept 27, 1946
Halifax to
Southampton
2,531
3 days, 15 hours,
48 minutes
28.83k
WW #72E
Illingsworth
993(C)
The Queen Mary was demobilized at Southampton on 27 September 1946

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