The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Embarkation "H". Painted a wartime grey, the second largest ship in the world, the converted Cunard White Star luxury liner, RMS Queen Mary, prepares to make way in Sydney Harbour. Upon her arrival in Sydney during April 1940, she was fitted out as a troop ship and made several voyages in 1940-1941 from Australia, taking trrops to the Middle East. She dwarfs the three deck Sydney Harbour Showboat, Kalang, and other smaller craft which have bought people out onto the harbour to say farewell to the huge ship.
At anchor in Athol Bay, "Queen Elizabeth" the huge Cunard liner, is being fitted out to carry Australian troops overseas. Additional bunks, protective panels over valuable veneers and a host of other
SYDNEY, NSW. EMBARKATION "H". THE FORMER LUXURY LINER THE QUEEN MARY (X1) AT ANCHOR, WITH THE HARBOUR BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND. SHE IS ABOUT TO TRANSPORT TROOPS TO THE MIDDLE EAST.
E14 leaving the harbour for the Dardanelles. Comnmander Boyle (in overcoat), is standing on the bridge. The craft in the harbour include a French submarine, a Russian cruiser, a French battleship, and
SYDNEY HARBOUR, AUSTRALIA, 1941. HM TRANSPORT "QUEEN MARY" DWARFS SMALLER CRAFT AROUND HER WITH THE HARBOUR BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND. (DONOR J.S. ARCHBOLD)
1940-10-20. SYDNEY, NSW. EMBARKATION "H". BOW VIEW OF THE FORMER LUXURY LINER THE QUEEN MARY (X1) AS SHE BEGINS THE VOYAGE TO TRANSPORT TROOPS, CROWDED ON HER DECKS, TO THE MIDDLE EAST.
SYDNEY, NSW. EMBARKATION "H". THE FORMER LUXURY LINER THE QUEEN MARY (X1) AT ANCHOR. SHE IS ABOUT TO TRANSPORT TROOPS TO THE MIDDLE EAST.
