How the World's Biggest Ship ESCAPED German Bombs in SECRET!

In 1940 the Cunard Liner RMS. Queen Elizabeth - then then largest ship ever built - set sail on its maiden voyage. But Queen Elizabeth - pride of the Cunard fleet - was not carrying any passengers on its voyage. It only had a small skeleton crew aboard. In fact, RMS. Queen Elizabeth was sailing under complete secrecy! Expected to make a short voyage to Southampton, the untested and untried RMS Queen Elizabeth set sail for New York at high speed at what has been described as a "mad dash" to safety across the North Atlantic Ocean - to escape the Nazi Luftwaffe which was sent to destroy her! RMS Queen Elizabeth went on to serve as a troop ship in World War II - and was acknowledged by Winston Churchill as helping to shorten the war by at least a year. Join maritime historian and author Chris Frame and explore the early history of the RMS. Queen Elizabeth, from construction at John Brown Shipyard to her years of service as a troopship during World War II that included troop voyages to support D-Day all the way through to VE Day! To learn more about RMS. Queen Elizabeth visit: https://www.chriscunard.com/queen-elizabeth/queen-elizabeth-history/ --- Image References: Img [1] – RMS Queen Elizabeth / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Postcard_Stevens_with_RMS_Queen_Elizabeth.jpg Img [2] – RMS Queen Mary / Colin Hargreaves / Permission Granted Img [3] – RMS Queen Mary / Creative Commons Share Alike 2.0 / Altair78 / Wikimedia Commons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Mary_forecastle1.jpg Img [4] – Cunard White Star Logo / Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 / WC1905 / Wikimedia Common: https://bit.ly/2WfrQwB Img [5] – John Brown Building / Creative Commons / No Known Copyright Restrictions / Flickr The Commons / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/2YM3Dj4 Img [6] – Turbine Engine / Image or media file based on a work of a National Park Service employee. As a work of the US Government, such work is in the Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/2LauDRo Img [7] - Queen Elizabeth Construction / Work created by the United Kingdom Government and is in the Public Domain because it is one of the following: It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or It was published prior to 1970; or It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1970 / Wikimedia Commons / https://bit.ly/2WgtyxT Img [8] – Queen Elizabeth / Work of the US Government / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/2Wcv8k2 Img [9] – Junkers Ju 87 / Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-646-5188-17 / Opitz / CC-BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/35FwiYA Img [10] – New York Skyline / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/35RPR05 Img [11] (and Thumbnail) – Queen Elizabeth at Sea / UK Government / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/3fu2l21 Img [12] – Queen Elizabeth Wartime Grey / Henderson & Cremer Collection / Used with Permission. Img [13] – RMS Mauretania / UK Government / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/2L7h2u4 Img [14] – Three Ships New York / Public Domain / Flickr The Commons / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/2WAre3v Img [15] – Wartime Service / Public Domain / UK Government Work / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/2YEI4RA Img [16] – Queen Elizabeth Troops / Henderson & Cremer Collection / Used with Permission. Img [17] – Two Queens / Australian Government Work / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/2YKFQju Img [18] – Waves on the Atlantic / Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/2YLbU78 Img [19] – Troops Stern View / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/2WaP5rE Img [20] – Queen Elizabeth / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons: https://bit.ly/2YEHXWa Img [21] – First Class / Ian Boyle / Simplon Post Cards: https://bit.ly/3ce2zIR Tags: #cunard #cunardline #worldwar2 #worldwar2history