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From: "Debbie Beavis" <>
Subject: RE: [WarBrides] Queen Mary Feb 1946
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:24:21 +1030
In-Reply-To: <BDBCFC2D.1410%btosh@shaw.ca>


Hello Bev

The Queen Mary made two February voyages - the 4th and the 24th.
Allowing for a turn-around time in port between voyages of an average of
four or five days, the Queen Mary would have needed to arrive back into
Southampton no later than the 20th February. The Scythia meanwhile, with
a complement of Canadian brides, had left Liverpool for Halifax on 18th
February according to her passenger list. The timing, and the fact that
for the most part they were travelling different routes, means that
their paths probably crossed on the 19th as the Scythia was turning out
into the Atlantic and the Queen Mary was preparing to begin her turn
towards the English Channel.

Debbie Beavis
Warbrides


> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 5:43 AM
> Subject: [WarBrides] Queen Mary Feb 1946
>
> Can you help me?
> A war bride aboard the Scythia recalls waving to war brides
> on the Queen Mary while crossing the Atlantic in late
> February 1946. The QM was going in the opposite direction.
> Was anyone aboard the Queen Mary in February 1946, and if so,
> where were you bound?


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