RMS Queen Mary is a British ocean liner that entered transatlantic service for the Cunard Line in 1936, at various points holding the Blue Riband for the fastest scheduled crossing of the North Atlantic. Retired from passenger service in 1967, she was permanently moored at Long Beach, California, where she continues to operate as a hotel and museum ship.
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SignificanceA preserved 1930s Cunard superliner, now a National Register of Historic Places hotel and museum in Long Beach, California. 1 Manufacturer or BuilderJohn Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland 1 Connections
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Queen Mary entered Cunard transatlantic service in 1936, four years before her sister Queen Elizabeth in 1940; the two ran the joint weekly service together.
Source Wikipedia: RMS Queen Elizabeth
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1. Wikipedia: RMS Queen Mary
WikipediaLead paragraph: shipbuilder sentence
Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, she was subsequently joined by RMS Queen Elizabeth in Cunard's two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York.
Lead paragraph, sentence 1: service years 1936 to 1967
RMS Queen Mary is a former British ocean liner that operated primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line.
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It is currently a hotel, museum, and convention space in Long Beach, California, United States. It is on the US National Register of Historic Places and member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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WikipediaFollowed By: RMS Queen Elizabeth, Lead section, first paragraph, second sentenceQuote, Followed By: RMS Queen Elizabeth, Lead section, first paragraph, second sentence
Along with her sister Queen Mary, she provided a weekly transatlantic service between Southampton in the United Kingdom and New York City in the United States, via Cherbourg in France.
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